"No, I saw it clearly!"
Tang Ye pointed at his eyes.
From Tang Ye's perspective, Cristiano Ronaldo had not looked particularly happy the moment Rodri scored.
That was very disappointing.
"You're overthinking it. How could that be!"
After Cristiano Ronaldo refuted him, Tang Ye was about to say a few more words, but Rodri and Marcus Rashford pushed him back into his seat.
Cristiano Ronaldo was also pulled away by Dalot.
"That's enough! That's enough!"
Erik ten Hag, who had arrived late, heard the commotion in the locker room. The moment he entered, he motioned for everyone to be quiet. "Stop thinking about other things. It's 2-2 now!"
"We need to make adjustments and execute our tactics strictly according to plan!"
Bang!
Erik ten Hag slapped the tactical board. "High pressing in the final third—that is the core of our tactics. Everyone's ideas must make way for that."
"I'm not targeting anyone in particular, but I have to say this: our core tactics will only receive minor adjustments. Major changes are impossible!"
"..."
The players shut their mouths and said nothing.
There was no way to know whether Erik ten Hag was specifically targeting someone.
But one thing was certain: Erik ten Hag and Tang Ye belonged to the same camp. Both were staunch believers in high pressing and attacking fullbacks.
So even if Erik ten Hag was not favoring Tang Ye, Manchester United's players still saw him as standing on Tang Ye's side.
Asking Cristiano Ronaldo not to overthink things was, frankly, basically impossible.
"Alright!"
Signaling that the earlier matter was completely behind them, Erik ten Hag told the players to focus on the second half.
"You should have seen it too. Mohamed Salah is in excellent form today. That's a problem we need to deal with, especially at