United's dressing room stayed calmer than the scoreline probably justified, Galatasaray 1-2 up on a night everyone had expected to be settled by now.
Ten Hag didn't run the full first half back. He pulled up a single freeze-frame from the closing stages instead, holding it on the screen long enough for the whole room to see it properly.
"Look at this," he said. "Torreira isn't coming at Demien anymore. Ndombélé's sitting closer to the lanes into Bruno and Højlund. They're giving away the first pass to protect the second one."
He looked at Demien directly. "That's fewer easy line-breaks for you. But it's also grass in front of you every time you receive facing forward."
"Don't force anything," Ten Hag continued. "If they keep backing off, carry until somebody has to step. The second somebody leaves their lane to close you, we've got the pass they were denying us all half. And if nobody steps at all —"
"Then I take it myself," Demien said.
