Club legend Paul Scholes said Manchester United’s defending was “like Under-10s football” after they gifted a calamitous goal to Istanbul Basaksehir in the UEFA Champions League.
United went forward en masse for an early corner and kept nobody back to guard against their Turkish hosts’ counter-attacking.
Paul Scholes on Man Utd's defending for Demba Ba's opener
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As soon as United lost the ball, Edin Visca pumped a long ball upfield from inside his own penalty area and Demba Ba was able to run unchecked from inside his own half before beating Dean Henderson.
“That’s completely down to organisation,” Scholes said. “At a corner you surely always have someone back on the halfway line.”
"I was lucky I played with great strikers who didn't need to be told to run in behind."
"The one player who always had to be told was Nani."
Paul Scholes identifies an issue with Man Utd's talented attackers and wants to see them playing to their strengths
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Speaking on BT Sport, former United midfield general Scholes pointed to assistant manager Mike Phelan telling Nemanja Matic that he should have been covering the possible break.
“It’s like Under-10s football,” Scholes said. “You can understand it if it’s the last minute and you’re going for a goal.”
This took place in the 12th minute, however, and for Scholes there was no excuse.
“It’s embarrassing,” Scholes said. “What the back four were doing, I’ve no idea.
“Defensively they’ve got to take responsibility. You’ve got to defend one-v-ones at times at Manchester United and they seem incapable of doing it.”
Fellow former United midfielder Owen Hargreaves was equally baffled by the blunder from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.
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“I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a goal like it,” Hargreaves said.
“The problem is the players are waiting for a cross that doesn’t really materialise and they never really get back.
“One ball up the pitch and Demba Ba’s in on his own.”
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