Last month, Manchester United lost 0-5 at home to the Double Red Club, and after the game, the media basically said all the criticisms that could be said. Seeing the Red Devils' 2-0 defeat to Manchester City at the Theatre of Dreams on Saturday, the team will have nothing to say after the game, and Roy Keane, as the former captain of Manchester United, did not excuse Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Sky TV, this time Keane focused on criticizing the performance of the players on the field, and he even said that he had "completely abandoned" some Manchester United players!
United conceded their second goal before half-time to go into half-time with a 0-2 score. After a brief advertising time, Sky turned the camera to the studio, and Keane immediately fired at Luke Shaw and De Gea, the person responsible for the loss: "Cancello's pass is really beautiful, but you have to see what United's defense looks like. Don't talk about staring at people, no one puts due pressure on the players who should, seeing that the first half is about to end, this is the most critical time, 0-1 score can ensure that the suspense of the game may be opened at any time, but you look at Luke Shaw's defense, and then look at De Gea's slow reaction in the near corner like a slow-motion replay, the ball is not fast when the ball passes between them, you will even feel that it has been within the control of the two for at least several years, but neither of them has stepped forward to rule out the danger, That led to City scoring the second goal with ease. ”
Unlike Liverpool, Manchester City do not seem to be looking to break the enemy by a large score in the derby battle, so they focus more on passing control after restarting the second half, and do not easily venture in the attack, so as not to be snatched by Manchester United and play a counterattack. This kept the 2-0 score to the end and allowed United to escape another tragedy, but for the team, this sit-and-die way of losing may be a greater blow to the confidence of the players. And Keane said after the game that the Manchester United players were afraid of their performance in this game, and they could not see that they were the main players of their respective national teams: "I have given up on these players (Manchester United) and do not want to criticize them anymore, they are all players of their respective national teams, I can't understand how their attention in defense can be scattered like this, they are not at the same level as Manchester City players, whether it is strength, status, or prejudgment and decision on the field, everything is so bad!" It's an adult-versus-kids game, and Manchester United's performance is so outrageous that you even think the players are here today to have fun. ”
There are some players who are in poor form, while others are considered too poorly qualified by Keane to be worthy of the Manchester United shirt: "McTominay, Fred, these players are simply not qualified for Manchester United. Also I'm not surprised by Bay's oolong ball, he's always been so weird and weird when defending. And you can also see from the reaction of Manchester City players after the game how bad United is now. Supposedly, in such a derby battle, the players should be exhausted after the game, they should fight until they are physically weak, but if you look at the relaxed state of Foden when he accepts the media after the game, he is as relaxed as playing a training game. That's telling! ”
Some questioned the quality of the game far less than the "double red club", but Keane said it was not a decision for United himself. Solskjaer's Manchester United, in today's strong dialogue, has long been powerless to exert any influence on the style of the game and the situation in the process, and everything is left to the opponent. It's not that Manchester City can't win big scores today, it's that people don't want to: "Manchester United has been like this all season, Manchester City seemed to play a little 'unenterprisingly' at the end today, in fact you can understand it as an arrogance, in fact, they feel that this kind of game is not worth their risk in attack, it is enough to ensure victory, because Manchester United has completely lost the spirit, if they show threat to the opponent, you will see Manchester City will score four or five goals. ”
Red Army star Souness on the side expressed his confusion about the sleepwalking state of Manchester United players on the field, the pace of the game seems to be slowed down by Manchester City players, but even then Manchester United's players on the field can not keep up, and the biggest problem is that many players even have some basic scrambles and interceptions when defending: "Fernandez, who has always performed well on the Manchester United side, is completely lost on the field today. The problem with Manchester United is not that their players on the pitch are not good enough, but that many of them are not willing to do those basic jobs at all on the pitch, you see Cancelo easily sending out all kinds of crosses on the left, but at this time you can't help but wonder why the Manchester United players don't have any pressing and interference on this side, they are not completely out of position every time, but the simplest, just no one wants to do the simplest defensive action: no one blocks Manchester City's side cross, no one breaks the middle, The game looked like a joke. ”
If the fiasco of the double red club Manchester United shocked the world in the score, this game Souness believes that the Red Devils lost in content and process is even more desperate: "For Manchester United, it may be more shocking to lose 0-5 at home, but today's way of losing is actually not much, the opposing goalkeeper actually saved only once in the derby battle, and the entire back line did not even rush to pass the ball in the second half, until waiting for the Manchester United players to pounce. As a result, United's interest in pressing has become weaker and weaker, which has also led to slower and slower playing. Through this game, you can also be sure that their Midweek Champions League draw with Atalanta is a complete fluke, more from the opponent's fear and jealousy of them, but the opponent's inertia will become more and more difficult to see after this game. ”
Red Devils star Gary Neville, who served as a live commentator for Sky TV in this game, saw Manchester United being led by the blue moon in the second half, and he summed up with some sadness: "Manchester United players today look like the kind of drunkards in a hangover fight, they are shaky and want to win the opponent, but in fact they can't even stand in the showdown. ”
Liu Chuan, a British correspondent of sports weekly newspaper