Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: November 27, 2023, 14:41 IST
Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes towards Everton (AP)
Roy Keane didn’t like Erik Ten Hag showering reward on Bruno Fernandes for his name to let Marcus Rashford take the penalty towards Everton.
Former Irish footballer Roy Keane has lashed out at Erik Ten Hag after the Manchester United boss hailed Bruno Fernandes for his show of management over the last Premier League fixture towards Everton. The Red Devils had the final chuckle within the away recreation, securing a complete 3-0 victory. A couple of minutes after the second half started, Manchester United have been awarded a penalty owing to an premature problem on Anthony Martial by Ashley Young contained in the field. Despite being the workforce’s common penalty taker, Fernandes requested Marcus Rashford to take the spot-kick. The United captain maybe wished to spice up the arrogance of Rashford, who has been going by way of a lean patch for fairly a while now.
The English striker, nevertheless, made no mistake this time and despatched the ball into the online comfortably previous Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. It was the second aim for Manchester United after Alejandro Garnacho gave them an early lead within the first half with a shocking overhead kick. Anthony Martial made it 3-0 within the seventy fifth minute by scoring his first aim since May.
Coming out of the match with a vital three factors, Erik Ten Hag showered immense praises on Bruno Fernandes for his name to let Marcus Rashford take the penalty. Speaking about how a lot Rashford wanted the aim towards Everton, Ten Hag stated, “A lot. You see also how great a captain Bruno is to sense that his team-mate needed that goal. Bruno will net definitely, but he has confidence in Rashy who is a very good penalty-taker.”
The remarks, nevertheless, didn’t go down nicely with Roy Keane. The former Manchester United captain feels Ten Hag must be extra anxious concerning the membership’s present place within the Premier League desk reasonably than giving significance to such issues.
During a current interplay with Sky Sports, Keane stated, “He (Teg Hag) is giving toffee out there to Bruno for passing on the ball for the penalty. Absolute bloody rubbish. Absolute rubbish coming out with that. Manchester United are sixth now. If you went back a few years, if you were sixth you’d be embarrassed.”
The victory over Everton was Manchester United’s fifth win within the final six Premier League fixtures. However, Keane feels the Red Devils have “a long way to go” within the marketing campaign as they’ve been competing with some robust groups like “Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal.”
In their subsequent look, Manchester United will take on Galatasaray for a Champions League recreation on November 29 away from residence.
