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Former Manchester United goalkeeper turned pundit Peter Schmeichel has claimed he was astonished by Eric ten Hag's tactical selections in Sunday's shock defeat to Manchester Metropolis.
It's truthful to say that the United coach hasn't come out of the sport smelling like roses, as he has confronted a large backlash from followers and pundits over his tactical decisions.
The Pink Devils opened the scoring within the first half and took a stunning lead on the half time break.
Nonetheless, three second-half targets handed United their sixth defeat in seven matches towards their neighbours.
The Pink Devils managed solely three pictures on objective in comparison with Metropolis's 27 and had solely 27% of the ball.
Ten Hag praised his staff's “planning” after the sport, nevertheless it actually appeared like all he needed to realize was to take a seat again and pray that Metropolis's spectacular attacking arsenal continued to falter as earlier than. It occurred within the half.
Treble winner Peter Schmeichel was additionally stunned by the previous Ajax man's tactical selections.
Chatting with talkSPORT, he claimed, “As the sport progressed, I felt the staff fell behind a bit. For my liking, I’d have pushed them up a bit.”
The previous goalkeeper additionally challenged the Dutchman's substitute choices.
Commenting on the United supervisor's personnel modifications he mentioned, “And even then, when it’s good to change the sport they usually've equalized and scored once more, you make substitutions”.
“You are taking all of your tempo out, you are taking your driving power out of midfield? You take away your greatest guard?”
“I don't perceive that. Is he being rested for the subsequent sport? I don't actually get the substitute”.
“Once you have a look at what Pep is doing, he’s solely eradicating two gamers. “Typically, he doesn’t substitute an excessive amount of.”
On the one hand, final season United's substitute gamers scored essentially the most targets of any staff within the league. Moreover, Scott McTominay has commonly influenced video games off the bench, scoring one or two essential targets just lately towards Brentford and Aston Villa.
Nonetheless, The Individuals's Particular person has highlighted the problems the Dutchman has beforehand confronted when attempting to alter the stream of the sport from the bench.
Poor conversions value United a 2–0 lead towards Sevilla final season, which might finally stage their exit from the Europa League.
Additionally, the Pink Devils as soon as once more squandered a late two-goal result in Wolves, however a second of magic from Kobi Manu saved it. As soon as once more, the finger was pointed at Ten Hag and his in-game decision-making.
United and their criticized supervisor now face some massive matches within the league towards Everton on Saturday and subsequent weekend, together with the small matter of an FA Cup quarter-final towards Liverpool.