ANTONY ignored defensive orders from boss Erik ten Hag to track back before Sunday’s 6-3 Manchester derby mauling.
The Manchester United winger was reunited with Ten Hag, his manager at Ajax, after his £85.5million signing.
Since that transfer, Ten Hag has reminded Antony of his defensive responsibilities in all United’s training sessions at Carrington.
The message was reinforced to the 22-year-old before the clash with Manchester City at the Etihad.
But Antony seemingly forgot those instructions much to the frustration of his manager and right-back Diogo Dalot, who had no protection.
At one point in the rout, Dalot remonstrated with Antony, who scored a scorching 30-yard strike, as he was constantly exposed down the flank by both Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva.
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Dalot walked a tightrope from the second-minute yellow card for bringing down Grealish.
There was not much help for left-back Tyrell Malacia from Jadon Sancho either.
New-boy Malacia also picked up a booking in the first half after a loose Marcus Rashford pass set Phil Foden away.
United were 4-0 down by the break before losing the game 6-3.
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Former Red Devils midfielder Paul Scholes aimed a dig at both Antony and Sancho in an Instagram post in which he captioned a picture of David Beckham and Ryan Giggs saying: “Anyone remember when wingers used to help their full-backs?”
They will now aim to shake off the hangover from Sunday in the Europa League with Thursday’s trip to Cyprus to face Omonia Nicosia.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
