Every word from Ten Hag's press conference: Part two

Having safely secured our progression into round four of the FA Cup yesterday evening, United were again victorious in M16, recording a 3-1 triumph over the Toffees.

Boasting an impressive five game unbeaten run since the restart of club football, our attention now quickly turns to Tuesday's Carabao Cup quarter-final against Charlton at Old Trafford.

With our next test to come in just three days time, the boss was keen to emphasize he will not let complacency sneak in and below you can read and watch everything he had to say...

When you made the decision to put Marcus Rashford on the bench recently against Wolves because he had been late for the meeting, it was a very bold and brave call given how he was playing. Did you ever see that as a risk that could blow up in your face if it didn't come off? 
''Maybe it’s a risk. But if you want to develop something, if you want to create a winning attitude, a winning culture, you have to go this way in my opinion. If you want to do it in your own way, but if you allow them to be undisciplined, if they don’t match the standards and values, the rules we set together as a team, that is the staff, the players the dressing rooms, togetherness, then that will come back and blow up in your face on the pitch. Because on the pitch they won’t act with discipline that is necessary to win games. So, it is about big responsibilities. So, in my opinion, you have to go this way.''

You know it's the right thing to do, but until you get the right reaction you're always going to be thinking 'how is this going to go', so you must be delighted with the response you did get to it?
''If it is the right person, the right human beings, the right characters, they will react like this. So, in relation to Marcus, I was quite convinced. So now in seven or eight months, I can expect the reaction he showed.''

Erik, when Marcus is doing so well - he has got 13 goals now - is there a slight concern that the attack is becoming too reliant on him? Anthony [Martial] is the next top scorer on five goals and he's been substituted in his last seven games. Do you fear there could be more pressure on Marcus or if he can handle that?
''There is a reason. Because he cannot match in this moment the load of many games. That’s why we are looking for another striker. It is not about if we don’t rely on him, but the physical load is not in this moment so high that he can play every third game of every third day, a game of 90 minutes. So, I have to managed that together with him. So, we are really on the thin line at this moment because his profile. But the quality of Anthony Martial is so important for our match, for our game. He has the right movements, his ball security. So, he brings a lot for the team. Pressing, let’s not forget that. So, we need that profile to be a threat and also Marcus Rashford takes benefit from that. I am not concerned about that only Marcus Rashford has so many goals because I am convinced that other players as Martial play today. Antony Dos Santos can score his own goal. We also know Bruno Fernandes is very capable to score a goal and Christian Eriksen will create and also is capable to score a goal. So, we have more players who can score goals.''

As a manager, seven wins in a row, is that when you are particularly mindful - watchful - of any signs of complacency creeping in?
''Yeah. You have to be watchful of this. We have to keep this focus and this concentration. You have to work well during the days we are training. We have to keep the focus when we go to games. We have to start with the right attitude. When you don’t, we talk before, I think the level of the Premier League is dead high. If you’re not, you get hammered. If you do not bring the mental or physical output, you get hammered. So, we have to avoid that by keep working well and do the right things.''