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• Ten Hag slams 'not good enough' Man Utd after surprise friendly defeat to Rosenborg

  Erik ten Hag slammed Manchester United as "by far not good enough" after their shock friendly defeat to Rosenborg on Monday.

  The Red Devils suffered a late 1-0 loss at Lerkendal Stadion after Noah Holm's 93rd-minute winner.

  An underwhelming performance in their first pre-season game was in stark contrast to their last outing before that, a 2-1 victory over rivals Manchester City in the FA Cup final.

  Rosenborg were denied by the woodwork on four separate occasions while attempting 22 shots to United's meagre five.

  Ten Hag started the likes of Casemiro, Jonny Evans, Marcus Rashford, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Mason Mount, leaving the United boss somewhat furious with their efforts in Trondheim.

  "The result is not secondary. We play pre-season but at Manchester United, there's a standard," said Ten Hag to MUTV after the game.

  "You win games. Definitely, you don't lose games. If you can't win, don't lose the game as we did at the end, the last second of the game.

  "The performance is more important. The performance was below standard."

  Radek Vitek, United's 20-year-old goalkeeper, was forced into seven saves in a one-sided pre-season meeting as the only Red Devils player to impress.

  "Let's say he got the opportunity from the team to make some very good saves because our performance as a team is by far not good enough," Ten Hag responded when asked about Vitek's showing.

  "I have seen this is not the standard for top football. Top football, you have to achieve much higher standards. It starts with any individual, make sure you are fit.

  "I know we can't be match fit in this moment, therefore, you need these games. I know we are playing an opponent who are in their league, they have a much higher fitness level.

  "But still we are Man Utd and players and teams from Man Utd must perform better."

  Ten Hag's only credit from the game was placed on the youngsters who came on at half-time in wholesale changes.

  "They always listen, they try to transfer. We didn't succeed today," the Dutchman said of his younger players.

  "But the attitude, they want to transfer the coaching play model, they are always willing to do it. But it is clear today we didn't transfer it to the pitch."

• Lionesses captain Williamson reminds Three Lions of successes despite Euro 2024 agony

  England responding to their Euro 2024 heartbreak with success in the future will taste "even sweeter", according to Lionesses captain Leah Williamson.

  The England Women's star launched a staunch defence of Gareth Southgate's men's side after their 2-1 defeat in the European Championship final to Spain.

  Southgate's Three Lions are the first side in history to lose two consecutive Euros finals, while the England manager is the first to suffer defeat in two separate showpieces of the tournament.

  Having lost the Women's World Cup final to Spain last year, Williamson can somewhat relate, but reminded England supporters of the good times under Southgate, whose future remains uncertain.

  "Devastated, especially knowing some of them personally as well," Williamson told reporters ahead of Tuesday's clash with Sweden in qualifying for the Women's European Championship in 2025.

  "What Gareth and his team have done over the last three, four years, reaching finals and bringing that dream closer to reality, we are very lucky as fans of England, men's and women's, to be in the position that we're in.

  "They didn't quite get over the line to a fantastic Spanish team, I know they'll be devastated about it, it will take a while for them to get over it.

  "But us as a country, we've been blessed with incredible tournaments. And when those wins come, which I do believe they will, then they'll be even sweeter."

  England Women's boss Sarina Wiegman led her side to Euro 2022 glory against Germany before the agony against Spain the following year.

  Therefore, Wiegman knows all too well about suffering from setbacks.

  "Takes about three weeks, it took me three weeks to get over it," an honest Wiegman said on how Southgate and Co. will recover.

  "It's very hard ... when you have given your everything, then you hope you win and when you don't, you are really disappointed.

  "But then you start thinking: Okay, did we get everything out of ourselves? Did we do everything that we could that was in our control?

  "And then you have to accept it. It's easier to accept a win than to accept a loss but yeah, for me that takes it took a while."

• Columbus Crew v Charlotte FC: Smith reminding visitors 'how good we could be'

  Dean Smith is intent on reminding Charlotte FC "how good we could be" as the visitors look to back up an impressive win when they head to Columbus Crew in MLS.

  Smith's side humbled Eastern Conference leaders FC Cincinnati with a 3-1 victory last time out, with Ashley Westwood assisting all three goals – a club record.

  That eye-catching result marked a perfect response after back-to-back defeats against Inter Miami and Houston Dynamo, leaving Charlotte sixth in the East standings.

  The next challenge for visiting head coach Smith is to keep his side honest, and more importantly, consistent.

  "I keep talking in our dressing room about how good we could be. And we've got to be consistent," Smith said.

  "We've just lost the last two games. I thought we played really well against Inter Miami. Our first half against Houston, we dropped our standards and got beat because of that.

  "So we wanted to make sure that our standards were back there. And I thought it was a good follow-up performance to the Inter Miami game."

  Westwood was the hero, picking apart the 10-man Cincinnati with ease en route to a headline result against the division leaders.

  "We never know when we're beaten, and that's a good thing to have," said former Burnley midfielder Westwood. "We get knocked down, we keep coming back up.

  "And it's a real togetherness. All the lads are running for each other. We know how organised we are. Everyone knows what they're doing."

  The Crew are third in the same standings after smashing Los Angeles FC 5-1 in their last match – a result that delighted boss Wilfried Nancy.

  "Really happy because the task that we had was really difficult, knowing the context and the situations," Nancy said.

  "My players found a way to be ourselves and to play the way we wanted to play and to play really good sequences, but also to be disgusting to play against.

  "This is something that I like. I'm happy because the level was good. I'm happy."

  PLAYERS TO WATCH

  Columbus Crew – Cucho Hernandez

  Cucho Hernandez was on target in the hammering of LAFC last time out, and will continue leading the line and aiming to extend his remarkable run in front of goal.

  The Crew star has scored eight goals in his last seven appearances, with his overall tally for the season at 12 goals in 16 MLS matches.

  Charlotte FC – Ashley Westwood

  Westwood has become an integral part of Smith's side, leading the way from midfield.

  The former Premier League midfielder collected two first-half assists in Cincinnati before adding another after the break, taking his season tally to five in 22 MLS games.

  MATCH PREDICTION – COLUMBUS CREW WIN

  The Crew are the overwhelming favourites for this one, signified by their high likelihood of victory in Opta's pre-match predictions. That owes to their strong recent form.

  Columbus have won their last five matches by a combined 20-2 scoreline, since losing to Inter Miami towards the end of last month.

  The hosts will take confidence in knowing they have avoided defeat in their last two home meetings with Charlotte, drawing 1-1 in 2022 before a 4-2 victory last season.

  Charlotte do, however, have the chance to inflict an unlikely double on Columbus after triumphing 2-0 in March's reverse fixture.

  OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

  Columbus Crew win – 61.9%

  Draw – 20.2%

  Charlotte FC win – 18%