ROB DRAPER: Erik ten Hag’s authority was at stake after dropping Cristiano Ronaldo
The authority of today’s manager runs on a thin thread. The glare and questioning from fans, media, agents and sometimes his own players is relentless.
A bad result, a poorly calculated substitution and there is a whole world to tell. That is what we know. And that technology makes the heat even more intense than ever.
For Graham Potter and Erik ten Hag, both attempting to make that step from, respectively, mid-table club and Dutch Eredivisie, to Big Six managerial beast here was a defining moment.
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