In the 6th round of the Premier League, Man United just lost miserably to Tottenham. That was the match where captain Bruno Fernandes received a red card, while Onana had to pick the ball out of the net 3 times. With a long-term poor performance, M.U only stood at 12th place.
Legendary Paul Scholes, as usual, was critical of his former team. According to Metro, he criticized coach Ten Hag's unclear playing style: "You don't know how they're going to play. You don't know how they're going to approach the game, whether they're going to play on the counter, whether they want to sit back or control the game. Nobody knows. Man United are playing like they don't have a coach.
The players today looked numb, they were frustrated, they looked like 'I don't know what to do'. There was no enthusiasm for the game and I think it all came from the training ground.”
Against Tottenham, Man United only controlled the ball 39%, launched 2 shots on target, compared to 10 of the opponent. The Red Devils' passing accuracy rate was also low, only 78%.
Despite the disappointing Man United squad, Paul Scholes questioned the presence of new signing De Ligt: “When you bring players in, you expect them to be much better than the ones you already have. I don’t see any player coming in who can make a big difference. De Ligt came in for Maguire, but there was no big difference.
These are experienced players that United have paid a lot of money for. We need to stop listening to excuses and instead work hard on the training pitch to find something that works.”
