Manchester United legends put Solskjaer’s team on the wall: “They defended themselves like 10-year-olds, it’s a shame”

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Manchester United stumbled in Istanbul, ahead of the Turkish champion Basaksehir. The match of the English group, especially in the defensive phase, has attracted a lot of criticism from former Old Trafford players. Demba Ba scored the Turks’ first goal, after a game started from his own half, without being disturbed by any opponent.

“Normally, you always have to have a man at the bottom. It was like U10 matches. It’s understandable if it happens in the last few minutes, but in the first 10 minutes it’s a shame. The defense needs to move better, as do the attackers. He has to take on more responsibility in defense. When you are at Manchester United, sometimes you have to defend yourself one by one, but they seem unable to do so.Paul Scholes was quoted as told by DailyMail.

Equally tough was Rio Ferdinand, the former “iron defender” of Old Trafford, after United’s first goal: “The goals I got … please tell me someone set that locker room on fire and people will be held accountable. Player positioning when we lost the ball in the first goal“Wrote Ferdinand on Twitter.

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Robin Van Persie was also disappointed with Manchester United’s performance: “I don’t remember taking such a lens. You must always keep at least one man, if not two behind“.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: “It’s unforgivable how I forgot about Demba Ba”

At the press conference, the United manager tried to explain the defensive mistakes, but in the end he admitted that the defenders’ mistakes were “unforgivable”: “This is what happens in European matches when you are not careful. We played a short corner and forgot about the opponent attacker, this is unforgivable, and in the second we were caught off guard, we weren’t well organized.

We had 45 minutes to return the result, we did everything possible, but we didn’t manage to break through the opponent’s defense. It’s not easy to be positive now, after losing like this, but I have good players and I’m sure we’ll be back in the next game“Solskjaer said.

VIDEO Demba Ba’s goal in the match Basaksehir – Man. United 2-1

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