Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag kept faith with Matthijs de Ligt against Southampton and was rewarded with an excellent performance. Erik ten Hag eased Matthijs de Ligt into the team after signing the Dutchman days before the Premier League season began. When the crunch game with Liverpool rolled around, Ten Hag selected De Ligt as a starter ahead of Harry Maguire. The game did not go well, although the new signing did well enough himself. But then De Ligt made two errors in the Netherlands international matches, one leading to him being substituted at half-time, and you wondered whethe…
