Roy Keane says Manchester United are not good enough and are still too weak in attack
2025-04-07 11:24
After Manchester United's 0-0 draw with Manchester City at home in the derby, Sky Sports pundit and Manchester United legend Roy Keane was merciless and said that even under the coaching of Ruben Amorim, the Red Devils "are still not good enough."
Although Manchester United showed a certain counterattack threat in the confrontation with Guardiola's team and had a slight advantage on the field, the weakness on the offensive end was once again exposed.
Keane said bluntly in his post-match comments: "I know they beat Leicester City and Real Sociedad, but looking at the recent games, you will find: this is not good enough, not good enough at all."
"Forget about the Manchester United of our generation, not even the title contenders, look at them now competing with Brentford, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Wolves? You're telling me that Manchester United should be behind these teams? Most of these players should have done better."
In this game, Ganaccio missed a great opportunity in the first half, while Ugarte and Zirkzee also created threats in the second half. Zirkzee replaced Hoylen in the 60th minute. The latter only touched the ball 15 times in the whole game and missed a shot again.
Keane continued his criticism: "Manchester United is still too weak in attack. The forwards in the team are not qualified to play for Manchester United, but offense is not only the work of forwards, but also wingers, defenders, set pieces, and the whole team can score goals."
He was also amazed at the way Forest lost the ball in the match: "The opposing player ran 70 or 80 yards with the ball, but no one went up to steal the ball. You can certainly say that it was a wonderful individual performance, but the question is: who went to defend? You have to have that kind of fighting spirit, to fight, to win."
"This has to be reflected from the head coach, the coaching staff and the leaders in the locker room. I'm not saying that everyone has to be like before, but if you look at the experienced veterans in the team - Maguire, Casemiro, B Fee, can they lead this team?"
Keane also compared it with an example from the past: "Ole Gunnar Solskjaer once chased back 70 or 80 yards and was sent off. That was a sacrifice for the team. The sacrifice that players have to make now may just be a run without the ball, a treatment that turns a bad ball into a good one."
"I saw this Manchester United team applauding and accepting interviews after the game, saying 'It's not bad to get a point'. But where does a draw take you? A draw can't change anything! It was the same when we played against Arsenal a few weeks ago."
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