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Manchester United slammed after 'car crash' defending during Crystal Palace embarrassment
06.05.2024 - 20:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Sky Sports commentator Alan Smith has slammed Manchester United's defending after Jean Phillipe-Mateta put Crystal Palace 2-0 up in the Premier League clash at Selhurst Park on Monday.
The Palace striker had plenty of room as he raced towards a disorganised United defence. Jonny Evans was left alone to mark Mateta before being dribbled past with ease as the Frenchman doubled Palace's lead with a fine strike.
"It definitely sums up United," Smith told Sky Sports. "Defensively they have been a car crash, they really have. I feel for Jonny Evans really here, faced with a one-vs-one against an inform centre-forward. He just does nothing.
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"And what about that for a strike. Every time they have gone forward they have found encouragement and gaps. They have found United wanting. I cannot believe he has skated through so easily."
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher added his thoughts at half-time, saying: "I spoke about this before the game, and I haev done for the last few months. When Manchester United...the postions the players take up make it almost impossibile to make a pattern of play and make it difficult for the oppositon.
"So Casemiro steps in, he hasn't really got too many options. It's a bit of a mess and he's out of position, but this is absolutely fantastic. This (Mateta) is a player with confidence, nine goals out of ten games under Oliver Glasner?"
Ashley Young added: "As for this now, it’s shambolic to be honest with you. Casemiro, I don’t know what he’s thinking or what he’s doing. Maybe he
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