‘There’s no leader’ – Harry Maguire must go back to basics but Raphael Varane is letting Man Utd down too, says Richards
MICAH RICHARDS has slammed the Man Utd defensive partnership, claiming there is ‘no leader’.
Maguire, 28, was booed by his own fans when he was subbed off on Tuesday night as United were dumped out of the Champions League.
And Richards says the England international isn’t getting any help from centre-back partner Raphael Varane.
The former Man City defender spoke on CBS after the loss to Atletico Madrid.
He said: “I think it’s because Man Utd don’t know what they are doing.
“They don’t know whether they are coming or going.”
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“I think Maguire can help himself by just doing the basic things.
“You don’t need to do anything fancy, just go back to basics.
“Get your midfielders in front of you. It’s about organisation.
“It wasn’t just Maguire today, I don’t think Varane was in it.
It wasn’t just Maguire today, I don’t think Varane was in it.
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“It seems like there’s just no leader at the back.
“They need to sort that out soon.”
The Red Devils European dreams were left in tatters on a heart breaking night at Old Trafford.
Ralf Rangnick’s men failed to take advantage of a blistering first-half display which incredibly ended with Atletico Madrid ahead through Renan Lodi.
Maguire’s moment of indecision at the back, when he put De Gea under enormous pressure in the second half, did not help matters.
When the final whistle went, the atmosphere drained from the Theatre of Dreams.
As the Atletico boss Diego Simeone ran straight to the tunnel he was pelted with missiles.