Antony ignored Erik ten Hag’s defensive instructions during Manchester United’s defeat to Man City

Antony gave Manchester United little defensive safety within the defeat to Man Metropolis (Motion Pictures through Reuters)

Antony ignored defensive directions from Erik ten Hag throughout Manchester United’s 6-3 defeat to Manchester Metropolis on Sunday, in response to reviews.

United’s £85 million summer season signing began on the precise flank for the Manchester derby and was a part of a woeful first half which noticed Ten Hag’s males concede 4 objectives.

United confirmed indicators of enchancment within the second half and Antony’s spectacular strike got here earlier than Anthony Martial rating twice off the bench.

However the Brazil worldwide confronted criticism after the sport for his incapability to assist Diogo Dalot with defending United’s proper aspect.

Based on The Solar, Ten Hag has always reminded Antony about his must defend throughout United’s coaching classes.

And the report claims that Ten Hag careworn the identical level to Antony within the construct as much as United’s recreation towards Metropolis final weekend, nonetheless, the 22-year-old didn't seem to hold out his supervisor’s orders on the pitch.

Erik ten Hag has been reminding Antony of his defensive duties (Getty)

Jadon Sancho was comparable criticised as he provided little assist to Tyrell Malacia on United’s left flank.

After the sport, former United midfielder Paul Scholes aimed a transparent dig at Antony and Sancho as he posted an image of Ryan Giggs and David Beckham on his Instagram account together with the caption: ‘Anybody bear in mind when wingers used to assist their full-backs?’

Paul Scholes’ publish was clearly criticising Antony and Jadon Sancho (Instagram)

In the meantime, it’s additionally been reported that Bruno Fernandes and Lisandro Martinez led a fiery dressing room inquest at half time through the heavy loss to the Premier League champions.

It’s understood that shouts from United’s dressing room might be heard by Metropolis employees alongside the hall on the Etihad Stadium.

‘The angle and the idea from the start was not one of the best and that induced us many issues and made us concede early objectives,’ Fernandes stated after the sport.

‘After, we now have to run again the consequence and the second half was significantly better.

‘We maintain management extra, we management the sport extra. Each time we now have the ball we're extra courageous.’

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