Paul Scholes thinks that Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag knows what to do in the transfer summer after the elimination against Sevilla in the Europa League. The Mancunians are dealt with harshly by the British media after the defeat in southern Spain.
Neville and Scholes respond to De Gea and Maguire’s ‘disaster class’
“United crash out of Europe,” writes The Daily Mail. “Dismal United dumped out of Europa League,” reports The Guardian. “De-sasterclass,’ headlines The Sun. The report figures in the regional newspaper Manchester Evening News are brutal. Only Antony received a pass: 6.
David de Gea and Harry Maguire are being singled out negatively for their negative leading roles in Sevilla’s 1-0 and 3-0. Just like Jadon Sancho, who was already substituted at halftime, De Gea received a 2. Maguire, like Anthony Martial and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, received a 3. Wout Weghorst received a 4 before coming on as a substitute.
Gary Neville reacted to United’s first goal against on Twitter. “Maguire will be criticized again, but I wouldn’t have liked that pass from De Gea either,” the former Manchester United captain wrote. The English top club was eliminated in Europe for the sixth season in a row by a Spanish club: Sevilla was the opponent three times.
Lesson for Ten Hag
His former teammate Paul Scholes was more critical of Maguire. “Just shoot that ball away,” said Scholes about the way Maguire handed in the ball. “I can only think of one central defender who wants the ball in his foot in such a position and knows what to do with it. Then I don’t mean Maguire. But De Gea also has to see three players coming towards Maguire.”
Scholes was also not happy about the role of Sancho. He said, “In the first five minutes the ball bounces off his foot three times. I’m a big fan of that boy, but you have to be there straight away in these kinds of duels. But several guys didn’t deliver. That is necessary in such a hostile environment. The atmosphere here was very impressive. Ten Hag now undoubtedly knows what needs to be done, just by looking at the first twenty minutes. He just needs better players. This match will help him with that.”
