PAUL SCHOLES ADMITS he would be left “depressed” if he played for Manchester United in their 1-0 win against Sheffield United in the FA Cup third round.
Wayne Rooney’s penalty in injury time spared United’s blushes but Louis van Gaal side struggled once again to create clear-cut chances, while Memphis Depay was sarcastically cheered by the Old Trafford crowd after having a shot at goal.
“As players, you have to lift the crowd – we saw Memphis lift the crowd in the 70th minute with a shot, okay it wasn’t on target, but it gets you going, you need to make something happen as a footballer at this club,” Scholes told BT Sport.
“People need digging out sometimes, there seems to be an acceptance of bad performance.
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“I’d have my head in my hands, I’d be depressed, it’d take me two or three days to get over that performance.
“What inspires them now? You’ve just seen 90 minutes of boring, defensive. I tried to defend this team for the last two or three weeks, it’s getting more and more difficult to do, every time you come to Old Trafford this is what you see – negative football. You talk about 31 shots in the last two games, they’ve only scored two goals.”
Scholes: I'd be depressed if I played in that Manchester United team
PAUL SCHOLES ADMITS he would be left “depressed” if he played for Manchester United in their 1-0 win against Sheffield United in the FA Cup third round.
Wayne Rooney’s penalty in injury time spared United’s blushes but Louis van Gaal side struggled once again to create clear-cut chances, while Memphis Depay was sarcastically cheered by the Old Trafford crowd after having a shot at goal.
“As players, you have to lift the crowd – we saw Memphis lift the crowd in the 70th minute with a shot, okay it wasn’t on target, but it gets you going, you need to make something happen as a footballer at this club,” Scholes told BT Sport.
“I’d have my head in my hands, I’d be depressed, it’d take me two or three days to get over that performance.
“What inspires them now? You’ve just seen 90 minutes of boring, defensive. I tried to defend this team for the last two or three weeks, it’s getting more and more difficult to do, every time you come to Old Trafford this is what you see – negative football. You talk about 31 shots in the last two games, they’ve only scored two goals.”
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