Tag: Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes said Manchester United's defending was "like under-10s football" after they gifted poor goals during their 2-1 defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League. United went forward en masse for an early corner in the game and kept nobody back to guard against their hosts' counter-attacking. As soon as they lost the ball, Edin Visca pumped a long ball to Demba Ba and he was able to run unchecked from inside his own half to score the first goal. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "That's completely down to organisation," Scholes said. "At a corner you surely always have someone back on the halfway line." Speaking on BT Sport, former United midfielder Scholes pointed to assistant manager Mike Phelan telling Matic that he should have been cov...

Paul Scholes was scathing in his assessment of Manchester United midfielders Scott McTominay and Fred at Old Trafford. The former United star accused both players of playing too defensive against the gunners after they lost 1-0 to Arsenal. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ole Gunnar Solskjaer set his team up in a diamond formation after the huge success against RB Leipzig. But that played into Mikel Arteta's hands with Arsenal happy to keep the club narrow. It meant United were largely blunted in attack and failed to even test Arsenal keeper Bernd Leno. But In the second half, Paul Pogba fouled Hector Bellerin in the box - allowing Aubameyang to end his five-game goal drought in the league from the spot-kick. That turned out to be the only goal of the c...