Former Chelsea striker, Craig Burley, has slammed Manchester United manager, Ruben Amorim, suggesting the Portuguese does not know what he is doing following the Red Devils’ most recent defeat.
Manchester United suffered a humiliating Carabao Cup exit to League Two side Grimsby Town on Wednesday.
Manchester United lost 12-11 in a marathon penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw in regulation time.
Burley told ESPN, “Embarrassing isn’t strong enough [a word to describe that loss], is it?
“I can’t swear on TV but embarrassing isn’t strong enough! Just awful. Do you remember after the Arsenal game, Ruben Amorim said, ‘we’ve shown today we can beat anybody’?
“Well, they’ve lost to Arsenal, they drew at Fulham and they lost to Grimsby. At half time, Ugarte was off. What the hell does he do?
“They chased him for 60 million. They brought Fernandes on and Mbeumo, and De Ligt, all the big-hitters on, and they should have still been 3-0 down before they equalised because Grimsby were creating chances.
The former Scotland international was particularly critical of Amorim for what he described as an utterly embarrassing moment during the second half. The United boss and his staff were seen using a tactics board on the touchline in an apparent attempt to adjust their shape against the fourth-tier side.
“During the second half, [we saw] the Manchester United manager on a tactics board doing these little things with his coaches, looking like a right plonker! You’re playing Grimsby Town and you need to go on a tactics board to figure out where the space is and how to beat them? The whole thing is just utterly embarrassing.
“Even if you’re a Man United fan, you must be sitting here thinking this is a shambles. An absolute shambles from back to front. Well done, Grimsby, what a day for these boys. I don’t know what the worst result in Manchester United’s history is, but this has to be arguably it or certainly up there. Can you imagine getting back into that bus and going back to Manchester? What a shame.”
Manchester United are sitting 16th in the Premier League table after two games and will play Burnley this weekend.
