‘This is the worst poorly coached side’ — Ashley Young Gives Full Assessment On Man Utd
Man Utd were played off the park for the rest of the match and resultantly picked up their 13th league defeat of the season.
After Man Utd went 2-0 down, co-commentator Smith labelled their first-half performance a ‘car crash’.
Jamie Carragher, Alan Smith and Ashley Young have all torn into Manchester United following their latest dire performance, this time in the 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace.
While Man Utd have clearly been weakened by a host of injuries, with captain Bruno Fernandes the latest victim, that is not an excuse for the awful display they put in at Selhurst Park.
Even with big-name stars such as Mason Mount, Casemiro and Christian Eriksen in the starting eleven, Man Utd looked disjointed and were overwhelmed by Palace’s quality play.
In the Sky Sports studio, Everton star Young – who captained Man Utd between 2019 and 2020 – labelled the defending for Olise’s opener ‘shambolic’.
Carragher, meanwhile, said ‘nothing can be worse’ than Casemiro remaining at centre-back in the second half – which he did.
At full time, Young was asked if this is ‘as bad as it gets’ for Man Utd’s players. He replied: “Yeah, I think so. After the first goal goes in there [should be] a bit of impetus to get back in the game. But it wasn’t that at all.
“They come out at half time, they come out early, you think there must have been a dressing down in the dressing room.“But Palace just grew and grew into the game and there was nothing from Man Utd.”
Red Devils ‘worse than Sheffield United’
Carragher added: “This is one of the most poorly coached teams in the Premier League. That’s not an opinion, that’s a fact.
“The numbers tell you what when you see them bottom of the league defensively, lower than Sheffield United.
“I get that [the injuries affecting Man Utd’s squad]. I’ve said this for a while, it’s almost the opposite of what you’d say with most managers.
“Ten Hag needs performances [not just results]. He needs a belief… OK, we know we’re losing players, it’s not a great time, the structure of the club is not right, but you’ve got to make us believe there’s something here.”
