Jamie Redknapp slams Man Utd’s woeful performance against Brentford and blasts that’s what ‘gets the manager the sack’
JAMIE REDKNAPP says Manchester United put together the kind of performance that “gets the manager the sack” at Brentford.
United picked up a woeful 1-1 draw on Saturday at the Gtech Community Stadium after Kristoffer Ajer’s late equaliser cancelled out Mason Mount’s injury-time opener – his first ever goal for the club.
The Red Devils struggled throughout the Premier League encounter and were lucky to pick up a point in a match that saw the Bees dominating.
And Redknapp didn’t hold back on his damning assessment as he was left baffled with under-fire manager Erik ten Hag‘s tactics.
The Liverpool legend insisted the Manchester giants’ stars didn’t play for Ten Hag.
And the pundit suggested the performance was so woeful it could lead to the Dutchman’s removal from the dugout in June as United found themselves farther away from the top four.
Redknapp told Sky Sports: “I’ve watched Manchester United under Erik ten Hag. I don’t know what their way of playing is.
“I don’t know whether they play out from the back. They tried to do at times and they pass the ball to the keeper and he lumps it up the pitch. Do they do that for effect?
“I know they haven’t necessarily had all the back four that they would like and if you’ve got [Lisandro] Martinez and [Raphael] Varane, it helps you build.
“But I don’t know what the Man United way of playing is. They had so many opportunities today, Brentford, they were just better in every single department.
“And there’s lots of talk about the manager. Will he still be here next year?
“I think the way that the players are playing right now and that kind of performance, they’re going to decide because they’re the sort of performances that get the manager the sack, because there was a lack of effort.
“And if they really liked this manager, if they want to play for him, they will do that.
“I saw so many players just walking around, strolling around and not looking like they care. And they play for one of the biggest clubs in the world.
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“And that for me, it shouldn’t really ever happen. There’s too many of them.”
Redknapp pulled no punches on his scathing feedback as he also claimed United – who had beaten Liverpool in the FA Cup in their last game before the international break – were so poor they made Brentford “look like Real Madrid”.
The 50-year-old added that the “lack of desire” made it look like the visitors were playing with “nine men”.
Redknapp added: “They gave up so much possession. There was a lack of energy with the ball, without the ball. They just made Brentford look like Real Madrid.
“That’s what I felt like I was watching. That shouldn’t have been the case. The way that Manchester United were was just so off it.
“The lack of desire to go win individual battles. It was too easy for them. It was almost as if Man United had nine men.”