{"id":198100,"date":"2016-03-11T10:36:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T10:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=198100"},"modified":"2016-03-11T10:36:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T10:36:22","slug":"paul-scholes-man-utd-shambolic-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=198100","title":{"rendered":"Paul Scholes: Man Utd ‘shambolic’ against Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United were “shambolic” and had no plan during their 2-0 Europa League defeat at Liverpool, says former United midfielder Paul Scholes.<\/p>\n

Daniel Sturridge and Roberto Firmino scored, with only keeper David de Gea preventing a heavier first-leg loss.<\/p>\n

Scholes, who made 718 appearances for United, told BT Sport that the Old Trafford club “have certain standards and they have fallen well short”.<\/p>\n

He added: “Liverpool had a way of playing. United didn’t have a clue.”<\/p>\n

The second leg of the last-16 tie takes place at Old Trafford next Thursday (20:05 GMT).<\/p>\n

Louis van Gaal’s side are sixth in the Premier League, three points off the top four as they chase Champions League qualification for next season, and face fifth-placed West Ham in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday.<\/p>\n

They dropped into the Europa League after finishing third in a Champions League group that also included Wolfsburg, PSV Eindhoven and CSKA Moscow.<\/p>\n

“Manchester United should be competing to win the Premier League and Champions League every season,” said Scholes.<\/p>\n

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“They have spent \u00a3300m and they are sixth in the league. They have ended up in the Europa League after failing in a poor Champions League group. They should be competing with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n

“I hope none of the players comes out saying sorry on Twitter. Stop talking on social media and start playing.<\/p>\n

“The last thing I want for Manchester United is to be happy with finishing fourth and winning the FA Cup. That’s what Arsenal do.”<\/p>\n

‘We couldn’t cope with Liverpool pressure’<\/h3>\n
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United had won their four previous games against Liverpool under Van Gaal but rarely looked like beating them on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Dutchman felt the goals his side conceded were “cheap” but accepted they could not handle Liverpool’s pressing game.<\/p>\n

“It was a surprise that we did not cope with it,” he said.<\/p>\n

“In the second half, we tried to press like Liverpool. They had difficulties, but we did not create too many chances.”<\/p>\n

‘The atmosphere was unbelievable’<\/h3>\n
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp praised the “electric” Anfield atmosphere after his side beat United for the first time in two years.<\/p>\n

“The atmosphere was unbelievable, really great. I want to say thank you to everyone that was involved,” said the German.<\/p>\n

“That was Liverpool how I knew it before I came here.<\/p>\n

“No matter how you play against Manchester United, it is always difficult to make chances. We could have scored more goals in the first half, but that’s life.<\/p>\n

“Scoring the second goal was very important. We know it is only the first leg but we needed to win it and we did. We are in a good position now.”<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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