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Manchester United legend Roy Keane says his former side have little chance against Liverpool today after exposing the side’s ‘biggest worry’.
United travel to Anfield after a torrid week in which they’ve lost to Bournemouth and crashed out of Europe.
The pressure is building on Erik ten Hag, and he needs a performance on Merseyside to win over an increasing number of doubters.
United have scored just once in the last eight years at Anfield, and they were beaten 7-0 there last season.
But Keane says it’s United’s lack of goals that are the ‘biggest worry’ and he doesn’t see that changing today.
Ten Hag’s side have had a horrid week (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
Asked if United could win today, ‘No, not with their form. Gary mentioned there’s always a bit of hope but is there enough belief in the dressing room? In the manager and his staff? We get stats thrown at us every week and the stats are very, very bad for Manchester United at the moment. ‘But they have to turn up as a team today, they haven’t been turning up as a team. The noises coming out after the Bournemouth game last week was that they thought Bournemouth weren’t going to be that good. Every week there’s an issue with United. They’ve had injury problems. There’s talk of a takeover. People are always looking for answers outside the club but sometimes you’ve got to look at within the dressing room. The players have to find the answer today within the dressing room. ‘There’s guys who aren’t involved, some senior players. But find something from within. It doesn’t look good. You don’t think for one second they’ll come in and win in the form Liverpool are in. But they have to find the form from somewhere. ‘They have to be solid, the goalkeeper will have to play well but the biggest worry for me when I look at United is the lack of goals. It’s a big, big issue. They’re poor at the back but they’ve had their injury problems. But the lack of goals from this team makes it very very difficult.’
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Peter Schmeichel believes Manchester United’s midfielders are ‘confused’ by Erik ten Hag’s instructions following their Champions League exit on Tuesday evening.
United crashed out of Europe altogether as they delivered a dismal performance in their 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich at Old Trafford.
Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire limped off injured.
Tonight’s match is a make-or-break situation for Manchester United as they go head-to-head with Bayern Munich in the Champions League, desperately needing favourable outcomes to advance to the knockout stage.
Can he survive?
As for Newcastle, they host AC Milan on Wednesday with both sides needing to win to stand any chance of qualification, and they also need PSG to fail to beat Borussia Dortmund.
It’ll be a very tough task for both Premier League sides who are struggling for form and with injuries, but Owen believes that one of his former clubs stands a good chance of making it to the round of 16.
He’s not convinced.
The Turkish club are not happy.
‘When you are having a s*** game…’
‘If you’re a United fan you’ve got a feeling that you’re going to get beat up because of 7-0 last year.’
Another day to forget for Erik ten Hag.
‘The space to run into just isn’t there any more.’
Ruthless from Keane.
Imagine…
‘We’re currently seeing similar things!’
‘McTominay is always there when it is an important game.’
‘I’d move him on.’
‘Ryan Giggs was getting booed week in and week out for a sustained amount of time. Let that sink in!’
McTominay was man of the match but Scholes believes another player should have got the award.
Antony accused pundits of unfair criticism.
Raya is failing to convince since joining from Brentford.
Plenty of needle…
The City boss also hit out at Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards.