Despite beating Chelsea in recent form and Ten Hag winning the Premier League Manager of the Month award in November, United continued to experience disappointment with a string of home defeats. Bournemouth and Bayern Munich.

The latter is the bottom team in the group of the Champions League, which has a messy form and dropped out of the European Championship completely.

"He and his team are ready to face top-flight Liverpool at Anfield," said Ten Hag.

"I feel confident from the club and they tell me.

I'm focusing on the process to make this team play better, on making better players, that is my concern. It's what I'm doing. I am focusing on the team. ”