Ten Hag looking to take Community Shield positives into Premier League opener

Erik ten Hag wants his Manchester United squad to use their Community Shield loss to Manchester City as motivation against Fulham in Friday s Premier League opener.

Ten Hag s team almost started the season with another trophy, but fell to defeat in a penalty shootout at Wembley after Alejandro Garnacho s strike had given them the lead.

Bernardo Silva levelled late on for Pep Guardiola s City side, with Manuel Akanji scoring the decisive spot-kick after Jonny Evans miss from 12 yards.

“We are disappointed, Ten Hag said. We have to feel the pain and everyone feels the pain. That s a good signal, but I also see some positives.

“We performed well, we could ve won that game, we were twice leading in the game and in the penalties, but we lost, and we re d…