Manchester United have suffered another huge humiliation in the Premier League 2023/24 match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
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| Michael Olise celebrates goal for Crystal Palace with manager, Oliver Glasner, in the Premier League 2023/24 match against Manchester United at Selhurst Park on Monday 6 May, 2024. Photo: @CPFC |
In the top flight encounter on Monday 6 May, 2024, Erik Ten Hag’s side were thrashed by four goals to nil by the Eagles.
Carragher said on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football: “this is one of the most poorly coached teams in the Premier League”.
Michael Olise scored a brace in the 12th and 66th minutes, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell netted in the 40th and 58th minutes respectively to hand the Eagles a well-deserved triumph at home.
According to skysports.com:
United have now conceded 81 goals in all competitions this season, their most in a single campaign since 1977, as they run the risk of missing out on European football altogether next season.
Carragher continued: “That is a fact. That is not an opinion. That is a fact. The numbers tell you that when you see them bottom of the league defensively, lower than Sheffield United.
“I struggled to see how United would win tonight but I thought Palace would win one or two nil. No Manchester United team should be getting beaten 4-0 by Crystal Palace.
“Manchester United’s U23 team, if they are at Manchester United, have come through their academy, have been coached and taught to play, I would still not expect them to lose 4-0.
“I have never been a manager or a coach but I have been a player and I have been coached by top coaches and some of the things that I see are just wrong.”
On Casemiro, Carragher said: “Honestly, nothing can be worse than Casemiro playing at centre-half for Manchester United.
“It’s sad to see a great player performing like this. We’ve all been there, but he’s only 32 and what he’s achieved in the game, he’s miles off it.
“Casemiro should know tonight as an experienced player that he should only have another three games left at the top level – the next two league games and the cup final – then go to the MLS or Saudi.
“I’m deadly serious – his agent, the team of people around him, they have to tell him: this has to stop. We are watching one of the greats of the modern times, playing in the best midfields we have seen who have dominated Europe – him holding, Kroos and Modric alongside him.
“I am nowhere near on what that man has achieved, winning Champions League, playing for Brazil and Real Madrid. But I always remember something when I retired myself, there’s a saying I always remember: Leave the football, before the football leaves you. The football has left him at this top level. He has to call it a day and move.
“They should pay him off and do some sort of deal. But that sort of a player, should not be put through this. By Crystal Palace. He’s not playing Manchester City or Real Madrid, all due to respect to Crystal Palace. A man of that level should not go what he’s going through and has to call it a day.”
HC: Erik Ten Hag is clueless on how to move Manchester United forward. Any comments against the players doesn’t make any sense. Just hold the coach responsible…!!
