Graeme Souness slams Manchester United after 3-0 Tottenham defeat
Graeme Souness has not held back in his criticism of Manchester United after their defeat to Tottenham.
Spurs beat the Red Devils 3-0 on Sunday, with all the goals coming in a six-minute spell in the second half.
Speaking after the encounter, which left United four points adrift of fourth placed rivals Manchester City, Souness expressed disappointment at the renowned club continuing to rely on very young players.
‘I’ve said it several times, they’re relying on [Marcus] Rashford at 18, [Anthony] Martial at 20, [Jesse] Lingard at 23 to get you,’ the former Liverpool man said.
‘But this is Manchester United, one of the biggest football clubs in the world and every time we’re here to talk about them, that’s what we end up talking about.
‘You’re asking boys to do men’s jobs. This is Manchester United. The other teams in the world at their level – Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Real Madrid – look at their strike forces’.
Souness lay most of the blame with the boss, Louis van Gaal.
‘For the manager, he couldn’t complain about the work rate he got from his players in that first half and they were very much up for it.
‘They worked their socks off to stop Tottenham getting a foothold in the game and it was only in later stages of that Tottenham managed to break free, but one shot [on target] in 90 minutes for a Manchester United team is not acceptable’.