Bayer Leverkusen have sacked Erik ten Hag after only three games in charge of the club.
Although Ten Hag won his first match in charge – a 4-0 victory over fourth-tier SG in the first round of the German Cup – he oversaw a troubled start to the new league season. Leverkusen lost their opening game, a 2-1 home defeat by Hoffenheim, and then let a two-goal lead slip against 10-man Werder Bremen this weekend.
Disharmony was clear on the pitch at Bremen as players argued over who would take a second-half penalty. Erik ten Hag described the on-field dispute between Exequiel Palacios and Patrick Schick – who eventually scored from the spot – as “unacceptable”.
The decision was eventually made by captain Robert Andrich. “I don’t want to sound too negative, but we’re between a rock and hard place,” he said after the game, according to The Times. “There are too many people just playing for themselves.”
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