- Man United had been overwhelmed 1-0 by Newcastle in one other setback to their season
- Ashley Williams was sad with Harry Maguire for ‘hiding’ through the sport
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Ashley Williams has savaged Man United defender Harry Maguire for ‘hiding’ of their 1-0 defeat to Newcastle on Saturday evening.
The Red Devils suffered one more bump of their turbulent season at St James’ Park as they had been outplayed by the Magpies with a number of gamers coming underneath hearth for lacklustre performances.
Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial bore the brunt of criticism for many followers and pundits whereas centre-back pairing Maguire and Luke Shaw largely escaped criticism as Anthony Gordon‘s objective received it for Eddie Howe‘s aspect.
However, Williams took problem with Maguire for failing to demand the ball sufficient, accusing him of ‘sneaky’ behaviour by regularly signalling goalkeeper Andre Onana to distribute the ball to right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka as an alternative of himself.
Maguire is having fun with a uncommon run within the crew underneath boss Erik ten Hag in current weeks – taking part in the final three video games in a row after the Dutch boss determined to shuffle the deck within the wake of some poor outcomes, regardless of his future wanting uncertain earlier within the marketing campaign.
Ashley Williams savaged Harry Maguire for ‘hiding’ throughout Man United’s loss at Newcastle
But regardless of the England man receiving reward for an upturn in type of late, Williams was not impressed and claimed he went lacking in opposition to Newcastle and did not wish to get on the ball sufficient.
Speaking on VibeWithFive, the ex-Swansea centre-back stated: ‘How many instances did he get within the place the place he knew, I do know that he is aware of – “I cannot get this ball off Onana and I’m leaving him”, that is what I am unable to cope with.
‘I am unable to cope with the not monitoring again and I can also’t cope with this sneaky… what number of instances do you go inside and level to Wan-Bissaka as if [to say] “give it to Wan-Bissaka and I’ll get it next”.
‘He’s hiding, there are such a lot of accounts of it. That’s why my melon was going whereas I used to be watching it as a result of I’m saying he is the captain and everybody’s had their say about him. “He’s turned a corner”. No you have not. They’re saying he defended nicely. Fair sufficient. But if you’re Newcastle, you press excessive.
He claimed the England star did not demand the ball sufficient and was ‘sneaky’ at St James’ Park
‘There’s no goal man so you possibly can’t bypass the press. You’ve received to be good and play across the press, which they attempt to do. You’ve received to at the very least attempt to get on the ball and assist.’
Maguire performed the complete 90 minutes on Tyneside as he tasted defeat after taking part in in a 3-0 win over Everton and a 3-3 draw at Galatasaray – which noticed additionally United’s defending come underneath query.
Ten Hag is underneath rising stress after his aspect had been overwhelmed for the sixth time already this season – with United in seventh place on 24 factors.
Pundits tore into the gamers after their limp show at Newcastle, with Jermaine Jenas and Ally McCoist not holding again after claiming the United stars confirmed poor physique language and let Ten Hag down.
Jenas stated: ‘I personally thought tonight there have been indicators that there have been a few gamers in there for me that both wasn’t proud of the ways that was put to them or wasn’t proud of their positions on the pitch.
A lot of Man United gamers had been questioned over their dedication and physique language
Ten Hag’s aspect have struggled for kind regardless of sitting seventh and solely 4 factors from the Champions League spots
‘The physique language of a crew tells you a large number at instances and there have been a couple of of them that had been sending a message to the supervisor.
‘I assumed right now Marcus Rashford on that proper hand aspect particularly, the best way that he simply walked round throwing his arms round was one for me that stated “look, I don’t want to be playing on this right hand side”.
‘No monitoring again, you had Martial getting ran by Fabian Schar from the centre half doing no matter he needs. There was too a lot of these moments that I checked out and I assumed he (Ten Hag) appears to be such a disciplinarian off the pitch however I did not see the identical degree of respect from the gamers on the pitch right now and that is a giant concern.’
His co-pundit Ally McCoist added: ‘It’s received nothing to do with the supervisor. When you cross that white line, you are taking part in for your self and the supporters which have travelled.
‘Of course they’re [letting the manager down]. It’s not about letting the supervisor down, you have to take a look at your self.
‘When you get on that pitch, you characterize your self, your loved ones, and supporters around the globe.’