Paul Scholes has echoed Arsene Wenger’s criticism of Manchester United pair Jadon Sancho and Antony following the facet’s 6-3 defeat to Manchester Metropolis.
Erik ten Hag’s facet had been demolished by Metropolis on the Etihad as Pep Guardiola’s facet served a well timed reminder of their superiority.
United had been dropping 4-0 by half-time and the guests scored twice within the closing phases to place some respectability on the scoreline, although Metropolis had lengthy taken their foot off the gasoline.
Although Antony scored a positive objective within the second half to scale back the deficit, the Brazilian and fellow winger Sancho got here beneath criticism from Wenger for failing to defend in broad areas throughout the first half.
‘What's for me unbelievable within the first half is that Man United has defended so badly on the flanks,’ mentioned the previous Arsenal supervisor on beIN Sports activities
‘From the primary minute on Diogo Dalot received a yellow card and Sancho and Antony didn't contribute defensively.They had been, in the entire half, flooded on the flanks and so they had been all the time in bother.
‘After that, after they had the ball, I felt they had been obsessed by respecting an excessive amount of the sport plan.They needed all the time to go too rapidly ahead and misplaced so many balls and didn’t have sufficient possession.
‘They didn’t play for possession, they needed simply to get on the counter-attack.’
And Scholes clearly agrees with the Frenchman’s evaluation of United’s wingers.
The previous Oldham boss took to Instagram with a photograph of former team-mates Ryan Giggs and David Beckham, who had been each well-known for his or her work-rate alongside their high quality in possession.
Scholes then took a dig at Antony and Sancho together with his caption.
‘Anybody keep in mind when wingers used to assist their full-backs?’ mentioned Scholes.
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