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Roy Keane says Bruno Fernandes ‘spent most of his time crying on pitch’ as icon tears into Man Utd after Liverpool loss

, Roy Keane says Bruno Fernandes ‘spent most of his time crying on pitch’ as icon tears into Man Utd after Liverpool loss

BRUNO FERNANDES spent most of the night ‘crying on the pitch’ during Manchester United’s 4-2 defeat to Liverpool on Thursday.

That is according to Roy Keane who was not impressed with the Portuguese after United’s loss at Old Trafford.

Roy Keane was not impressed with the time Bruno Fernandes spent on the floor
The Irishman laid into the Portuguese on Sky after Man Utd’s 4-2 defeat to Liverpool

Fernandes opened the scoring with a right-footed effort that cannoned off Nat Phillips after 10 minutes.

But Diogo Jota and two from Roberto Firmino saw Jurgen Klopp’s men 3-1 up by 47 minutes.

Marcus Rashford scored with a delightful finish on 68 minutes to make it interesting but Mo Salah killed the game in the 90th minute as the Red Devils chased the game.

Despite Fernandes‘ contribution, United legend Keane was more focused on the time he spent on the floor.

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Speaking on Sky Sports, the Irishman was analysing Liverpool’s second goal and said: “I don’t want to be critical of Fernandes but he spent half the night crying on the pitch.

“United players were looking for Liverpool to kick the ball out of play but you only stop with a head injury.

“I look at the two midfielders, [Scott] McTominay is a good honest player, they have got Fred.

“As long as those two players are playing in midfield for Manchester United they will not be winning any big trophies.

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“Okay they are in the Europa League final but they are only in that final because they came up short in the Champions League. Let’s not be kidded on by that either.”

After the withering summary, Keane also took aim at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for his decision to introduce Nemanja Matic rather than Donny van de Beek in the 86th minute.

The Serb replaced Eric Bailly with United trailing 3-2.

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But Keane could not understand the decision.

He added: “The last few days, I can’t believe how short Man Utd are.

“They are chasing the game, they need a goal and they bring [Nemanja] Matic on and not Van de Beek.

“I know Ole perseveres with Fred, I can’t see it. How they think Fred can get Man Utd back to winning titles is beyond me.

“I know he dragged him off but even there it’s just sloppy, it’s lazy. He has made a mistake he is hoping one of his mates gets him out of trouble.

“Shaw, schoolboy stuff and Liverpool on the front foot and the goalkeeper who didn’t look great tonight either.

“Mistake after mistake. Poor from United. [Harry] Maguire is a loss but these are schoolboy errors, Fred is under no pressure there, Shaw is an experienced international player and we have been building the goalkeeper up.”

‘ALL OVER THE PLACE’

And after laying into his former team, Keane was quick to point to the gulf between the Reds and bitter rivals Manchester City who won their third Premier League in four seasons earlier this week.

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The 49-year-old said: “United were all over the place, really poor performance from them, poor mentality.

“Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer] looks a bit shell-shocked there. I’t’s been a tough few days.

“The performance tonight was nowhere near good enough. All United’s shortcomings have been shown up in the last couple of days.

“Tonight just not enough quality, giving such bad goals away but the other worry, Liverpool could have scored six or seven.

“We have praised United the last few months but this squad is so short of competing with Man City to win the title, all their shortcomings have been shown up the last few days.

“I think Man City are so far ahead of this United squad it is scary. Ole will think they need three or four big players to come in at least.”

 

‘HE LOOKED SO SMALL’

And not content to stop there, Keane mustered up one last bit of energy to express concern about Dean Henderson who replaced David De Gea between the sticks.

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The Englishman shrunk back into his goal and allowed Salah to bear down on goal from the half-way line before leaving most of his goal uncovered which made it much easier for the Egyptian to seal the win.

And Keane said: “He looked so small in the goal.

“That is my worry for Henderson, good mentality, good temperament, good with his feet, but I have seen a few goals go in recently where he looked so small in the goal and he looked tiny there for the fourth goal.

“He needs to be given a run of games but tonight he might think it’s not my best night but you’ve got to give him a run of games.

“They cant go back to De Gea, I don’t think he is the answer either. My worry is his presence, he looks so small which is a big concern going forward.”

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