Former Manchester United star, Paul Ince has provided some stinging criticism of three key players of the club following their loss at home to Barcelona in the Champions League quarter final on Wednesday.
Manchester United lost 1-0 to Barcelona through Luke Henshaw’s own goal during the first leg at the Old Trafford.
Ince was quick to criticise the performance of influential players such as Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford.
The three stars that made up Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s attack were kept quiet by Barcelona.
And Ince who spoke exclusively to Paddy Power News, hit out at the three player, blaming them for the loss.
“The big players didn’t even turn up for United last night,†Ince told Paddy Power News.
“You’ve got to have a go at Barcelona, what are you scared for? They gave them far too much respect.
“On the night, you’re looking at the so-called big players like Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Romelu Lukaku to make something happen. You look at those to get the team going – and it didn’t materialise
“Another off day for Pogba, which I didn’t expect considering how he’s been playing and Lukaku once again looked incapable of scoring a goal.
“He spent most of his time out on the wing, he just needs to play between the two goal posts. What use is Lukaku out on the wing? It doesn’t make sense to me.
“They never had a go at Barcelona or tried to, in such a massive game where the fans are up for it. It’s a sad sight that at Old Trafford, in the Champions League, United aren’t having a shot on target.
“That Barcelona team were probably expecting a different performance from United.
“They’d have been expecting that resurgent Ole side who come at you from the off, that get in your faces, but that didn’t materialise.â€
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