MANCHESTER UNITED legend Peter Schmeichel has slammed Erik Ten Hag’s confusing instructions after last night’s dismal loss.
United crashed out of Europe altogether as they delivered a gutless performance in their 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils registered just one shot on target and struggled to find any rhythm as Kingsley Coman’s 71st minute goal sealed victory for Bayern.
While United were defensively sound, they failed to attack the Bayern goal in their must-win final group stage match.
Former United goalkeeper and Treble winner Schmeichel believes the side’s lack of ideas in attacking areas is a huge concern.
The 60-year-old club legend also feels that Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay and Sofyan Amrabat were not working together as a midfield trio.
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Schmeichel told CBS Sports: “There isn’t a lot of pace in the team. You’ve got a little bit on the left wing, a little bit up front.
“But then you’ve got a midfield who seems to be confused with what their job is – some of them are pressing, some of them aren’t pressing.
“They leave that massive gap between the defenders and the front players, and it’s like two linear lines.
“Everything seems a little bit out of sync.”
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Schmeichel then added: “Everything about today was a little bit weird at Old Trafford, just before kick-off I said the stadium was still not full, there’s no atmosphere.
“On the pitch, it was just average, and that is even being nice.
“There were a lot of players who thought this was all about them today, trying to be the hero in quite a few situations where a pass would’ve been a better option.
“There were a lot of things not going right today.”
As it turned out, even a win would have seen them knocked out of the Champions League after Copenhagen’s win over Galatasaray in the other Group A game.
But the loss did leave United rock bottom of the group, and without a spot in the Europa League play-off round which is awarded to third place.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
