Ten Hag praises Bruno, Keane: ’It’s all rubbish’

Manchester United coach and players are happy with their third win in a row and want to keep the momentum ahead of the crucial Champions League game with Galatasaray in Istanbul. So, they want to look only on the bright side, and concentrate on the good stuff. United continued it’s winning streak, they recorded an away win (fourth of the season), and they scored three goals in a game, for the first time since September in the Premier League. Above all, Marcus Rashford scored his only second goal of the season.

United's third win in a row and Garnacho's goal of the season

Captain Bruno Fernandes is the penalty taker but he choose to give him the ball, stating that he felt that Marcus ‘needed a bit of confidence, needed goals’. And coach Ten Hag was quick to praise his captain.

“You see how great a captain Bruno is to sense that his team-mate needed that goal. Bruno will net definitely, but he has the confidence in Rashy who is a very good penalty taker. Take that ball and take your confidence. As a team you need that leadership. You back each other, you cover each other and you give each other confidence because you need it to get a successful season” said the Dutchman.

Former United players criticize Ten Hag and Red Devils: "That was appalling!"

On the other side is ‘old school’, fans who go way back into Sir Alex Ferguson years and who are looking shocked by the state of the club. And their spokesman is surely Roy Keane. Famous no-nonsense captain is now a TV pundit and has to watch United struggle every week. Keane knows that the Red Devils were not good against Everton but won the game anyway, and he felt that all this ‘side talk’ about who will take the penalty is totally off the topic, so he criticized Ten Hag.

“He's giving toffee out there to Bruno for passing on the ball for the penalty. Absolute bloody rubbish. Absolute rubbish coming out with that. Manchester United are sixth now – if you went back a few years, if you were sixth you'd be embarrassed. But obviously they seem happy with sixth. They have a long way to go. Manchester United have to be competing with the best teams. That's including Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal. It's not been good enough with the talent they've got. Look, they've got themselves in a nice position but the reason you're playing for Manchester United is to compete against the top teams” said Keane.

PREMIER LEAGUE - Matchday 13

Saturday

Manchester City - Liverpool 1-1 (1-0)

/Haaland 27 - Alexander-Arnold 80/

Burnley - West Ham 1-2 (0-0)

/Rodriguez 49 pen - O'Shea 86 og, Soucek 90+1/

Luton - Crystal Palace 2-1 (0-0)

/Mengi 72, Brown 84 - Olise 75/

Newcastle - Chelsea 4-1 (1-1)

/Isak 13, Lascelles 60, Joelinton 61, Gordon 83 - Sterling 23/

Nottingham - Brighton 2-3 (1-2)

/Elanga 3, Gibbs-White 76 pen - Ferguson 26, Joao Pedro 45+4, 58 pen/

Sheffield United - Bournemouth 1-3 (0-2)

/McBurnie 90+7 - Tavernier 12, 51, Kluivert 45+3/

Brentford - Arsenal 0-1 (0-0)

/Havertz 88/

Sunday

Tottenham - Aston Villa 1-2 (1-1)

/Lo Celso 22 - Torres 45, Watkins 61/

Everton - Man.Utd. 0-3 (0-1)

/Garnacho 3, Rashford (p) 56, Martial 75/

Monday

23.00: (2.55) Fulham (3.35) Wolverhampton (3.05)

***odds are subject to change