Premier League legend Alan Shearer has lambasted the angle of Manchester United gamers following their 1-0 league defeat at Newcastle United on Saturday (December 2).
An Anthony Gordon Fifty fifth-minute strike was sufficient for the dominant Magpies to down a Crimson Devils facet that had been comfortably second-best for big swathes earlier than coming to life late on.
Shearer’s former workforce might have been forward by multiple aim at St. James’ Park, however United had been fortuitous to be solely a aim down as they entered stoppage time. Antony thought he grabbed a late equaliser for the guests, just for the aim to be dominated out, because it had come off Harry Maguire, who was offside.
Chatting with BBC’s Match of the day, Shearer mentioned that the Magpies had been rampant on the flanks, working United ragged:
‘They (Newcastle) completely battered Man United in large areas. (Kieran) Trippier and (Tino) Livramento had been sensational in opposition to (Aaron) Wan-Bissaka and (Diogo) Dalot.
The Premier League all-time top-scorer duly famous that United‘s attackers had been bereft of service up entrance:
‘Of their defence, they bought no assist by any means from (Alejandro) Garnacho and (Marcus) Rashford.
Making a scathing evaluation of United’s angle, Shearer continued:
“For me, there are too many unhealthy eggs in that Man United workforce. Too many unhealthy attitudes. It is alright when issues are going effectively for you, you may get your toes on the ball, play and decide your head up when issues are good and rosy.
“When it’s not going for you, when you’re a bit tired, and you’ve got to roll your sleeves up, there’s not enough characters in that team.”
Following the loss, United slipped a spot to seventh within the standings, 9 factors off leaders Arsenal after 14 video games.
“We could have been more dominant” – Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag
Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag had reward for his defence however bemoaned that they did not assault sufficient for any important stretch besides late on.
The guests repelled wave after wave of Newcastle assaults earlier than Gordon breached their citadel. The hosts’ profligacy nearly got here again to hang-out them, however to their reduction, a late United equaliser was chalked off for offside.
United boss Ten Hag acknowledged to the BBC (as per the Crimson Devils’ web site) that the guests defended effectively however rued the dearth of dominance for big swathes to change the scoreline.
“You could say we defended quite well, but I prefer to stay further away from our goal, and I prefer to have more of the ball, to play in their half. We had our moments where we could make good formations, but it wasn’t enough. We could have been more dominant in the game.”
Manchester United will look to return to profitable methods in opposition to a floundering Chelsea facet on Wednesday (December 6).
