Paul Scholes was not happy with four Man Utd players after their loss to Sevilla.
Paul Scholes Man Utd legend said that manchester united entire back four was to blame for Sevilla's winning goal in the Semi-final of the Europa League competition.
Much of the criticize for Luuk de Jong's clincher has been fallen at the head of Victor Lindelof, but the legend strongly believed that every defender in the team was partly culpable.
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Scholes to the BT Sports, ' As much as Man Utd deserved to win and played good football some times, you have to say that winning goal, the defensive part of that resulted in that goal was shocking.
'the two defenders Lindelof and Maguire both out past the near post, there's only one center-forward, Lindelof suppose to take care of that one and then Wan-Bissaka as well has to cover for him if he doesn't see the player.
'Surely Lindelof as a defender, he's got his center-forward, he's got to mark him. the body angle is all wrong and if they had avoided that mistake, I think they would have gone on and scored a goal.
'Sevilla liked knackered during the game, they looked tired to me throughout the game - they did not create many chances.
'you can almost lie the blame to all the defenders for this goal. firstly, Williams does not get to the ball. where Maguire is not dropping more to the defense but is not too sure.
'Lindelof is the player with the Sevilla forward, he drops, he looks at his man. he's got to look to defend the middle of his goal, he’s the center-half. He’s past the front post.
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'when Lindelof is going back, he has a quick look at the player, so he already knows exactly where he was, but then, he put his head down and does not look to the ball. by that time it was already too late.'
after selecting apart the Man Utd defense, the Legend went on to pay more attention to Lindelof, questioning the player's future in the Red's starting XI.
'i think they can do with a center-half', he said, 'I have said this time after time, I don't think Lindelof is going to be a good partner to Maguire.
'I think United still need a more dominant defender next to him.
'the two defensive records over the last 20 games or more have been good, probably one of the best in the league, so you have to put that into consideration too.
'I still maintain my stand that United still need a dominant center-half next to Maguire, just to cover the slight weaknesses he (Lindelof) ha.'
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