MUFC Needed Casemiro And Eriksen Vs Bayern Munich – Scholes

Manchester United’s defeat to Bayern Munich was down to a lack of creativity, Paul Scholes has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the absence of players like Casemiro and Eriksen creates a massive drop-off in quality of the team, and that led to the lack of chances for Hojlund all through the night.

Scholes added that Garnacho and Antony are quite selfish players, so they will keep thinking about scoring themselves.

His words, “I thought creativity in the middle was a major problem today. When you haven’t got Casemiro and Eriksen, there’s a massive drop-off in the team, a massive drop-off in quality. I thought [Bruno] Fernandes actually played really well in a deeper role tonight, he did that a few times in the Europa League last year in big games and he can do that. With him and Eriksen in the team, It will bring more creativity in the team.

The big concern for me is the centre-forward [Rasmus Hojlund]. We can’t create a chance for him, yes, he has five goals in the Champions League but he hasn’t scored yet in the Premier League. It’s a big concern where the goals are going to come from. You expect a lot of product from your wide players, the Antonys, the [Alejandro] Garnachos but they’re quite selfish players. They’re thinking about scoring themselves, their own goals, Rashford isn’t in form this season, I know he was ill tonight but he’s not been firing either.

Obviously Maguire has worked his way back into the side but had to go off, Luke Shaw another one so these injuries that have been prominent throughout the season are continuing to be an issue.

However, you have to show resilience, you have to find a way to look at the younger players to maybe play some more minutes. You look at people on the bench, Wan-Bissaka, he cost £45m. He’s not some kid with no experience, Varane came in today, it’s not like you’re bringing in guys that have never played at this level.”