{"id":293770,"date":"2023-10-09T19:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=293770"},"modified":"2023-10-09T19:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:24:04","slug":"erik-ten-hag-can-rely-on-scott-mctominay-insists-rio-ferdinand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-can-rely-on-scott-mctominay-insists-rio-ferdinand\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik ten Hag can &apos;rely on&apos; Scott McTominay insists Rio Ferdinand"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Erik ten Hag can &#8216;rely on&#8217; Scott McTominay &#8216;in times of need&#8217; insists Rio Ferdinand after the Manchester United midfielder scored twice to rescue stoppage-time victory against Brentford<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scott McTominay was Man United&#8217;s saviour in their weekend win over Brentford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rio Ferdinand believes McTominay has shown Erik ten Hag he can be relied upon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand has hailed Scott McTominay as a player Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag can &#8216;rely on in times of need&#8217; after his heroics against Brentford on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>United were set for a third consecutive defeat in all competitions before Scotland international McTominay came off the bench to score two goals in stoppage time and rescue victory for the hosts at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has risen through the ranks at United, first featuring under Jose Mourinho and since becoming an experienced figure in the dressing room, but has struggled for recent match time.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes in midfield have been limited with Ten Hag preferring to use Casemiro, Sofyan Amrabat and Mason Mount in McTominay&#8217;s preferred position, however, ex-United star Ferdinand believes Saturday&#8217;s brace could lead to more regular game-time.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand insisted Saturday&#8217;s match-winning goals shows McTominay can be trusted by Ten Hag in future crisis moments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/19\/76349325-12611641-image-m-27_1696876073467.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Scott McTominay was Manchester United&#8217;s match-winner against Brentford on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347895-12611641-image-a-7_1696873524270.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>McTominay (left) scored twice in stoppage time to rescue victory for Man United at Old Trafford<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347155-12611641-image-m-9_1696873534361.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand believes McTominay (left) has shown Erik ten Hag (right) he can be relied upon<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The manager now knows he can rely on Scott McTominay to come in and be focused and someone he can rely on in times of need,&#8217; Ferdinand said on his Five YouTube show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am not saying McTominay is going to be the go-to guy when we are a goal down or anything like that but he has showed you he has a certain Man United spirit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Somebody brought up through the club, there is a lot to be said for his attitude and application in terms of driving culture at the football club,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p>McTominay has now departed for international duty with Scotland where he hopes to continue his rich goalscoring form with the national team in a bid to help them secure qualification for next year&#8217;s European Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The United star is second in the competitions qualifying goalscoring ranks, tied with Red Devils team-mate Rasmus Hojlund on six goals, while Romelu Lukaku tops the charts with eight strikes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347887-12611641-image-a-10_1696873546176.jpg\" height=\"387\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag was saved from what would have been another damning defeat by McTominay<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s victory was a moment of remembrance for United players who wore black armbands in honour of Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s wife Cathy who passed away earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdinand highlighted McTominay&#8217;s goal at the end of the match would have been a touching moment for former United manager Ferguson who oversaw multiple last-minute goals during his time at the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Beautiful moment, when you put it like that it&#8217;s like wow, the manager would have been smiling with that,&#8217; said Ferdinand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There won&#8217;t have been much smiling around the Ferguson house but I think after that he would have been thinking there is no better way I would have wanted this weekend to end for me personally.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12611641\/Erik-ten-Hag-scott-mctominay-manchester-united-rio-ferdinand.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erik ten Hag can &#8216;rely on&#8217; Scott McTominay &#8216;in times of need&#8217; insists Rio Ferdinand after the Manchester United midfielder scored twice to rescue stoppage-time victory against Brentford Scott McTominay was Man United&#8217;s saviour in their weekend win over Brentford Rio Ferdinand believes McTominay has shown Erik ten Hag he can be relied upon Listen&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Erik ten Hag can &amp;apos;rely on&amp;apos; 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