Alan Shearer claims Man United players don’t understand Ruben Amorim’s tactics | OneFootball

BBC pundit Alan Shearer has torn into Manchester United’s players after watching them play against Everton last weekend.

The Red Devils fell 2-0 behind in a rancid first half performance at Goodison Park.

To their credit, they did put in an improved second half performance and came back to level the match up at 2-2 through goals from Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte.

United have desperately struggled at times to understand new coach Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-3 formation with numerous players showing a complete inability to carry out his instructions, much to the frustration of the fans.

Shearer has already laid into United’s defence after they conceded the second goal of the game against the Toffees where he labelled them “confused.com”.

Speaking on the This is Football podcast (via GIVEMESPORT) he continued his negative assessment of United’s squad.

He asserted, “I was looking at them, and I was thinking that I’m not certain the players actually understand what the manager is trying to get them to do.”

“I did my analysis on Match Of The Day with their lack of pressing compared to what Everton’s was. Now, Everton were brilliant at what they were doing in the press and all of those things, but United were just standing off Everton and let the knock it around and play.”

He lambasted the players’ inability to understand what was being asked of them and stated that they looked completely lost during the majority of the game.

“I looked at the players and I’m thinking, I don’t know whether you think you should actually go and close down or sit and try and be compact and tight.”

He once again reiterated that the players looked “confused” and that they were “terrible” until Bruno Fernandes’ outstanding free kick gave them hope after 72 minutes.

Ruben Amorim also seemed as perplexed by the performance when he commented after the game that he didn’t know why his players continue to put in such inconsistent performances.

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