Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand is unconvinced by the performance of the wingers in Erik ten Hag’s side. The former defender points out that Jadon Sancho, but also Antony, lacks imagination in those areas of the field and something like this penalizes the team too much. On the other hand, Ferdinand calls on the players to take an example from Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka who has overachieved this season.
“It seems to me that the team lacks fantasy in the game from the wing. Before we had players like Giggs, Nani, Beckham, Valencia and Cristiano Ronaldo. At the moment the team suffers in such a position and Sancho and Antony are not “killing” the opposing defenders. The best teams have players who make the difference in one-on-one duels, footballers who at certain moments get you out of the situation.
Manchester United players take a cue from Arsenal’s Saka, he picks a defender and then makes him suffer throughout the game. At the moment, nothing like that is happening at United. Defensively they are not bad, but when they have the ball I expect them to be the “icing on the cake”, said Ferdinand.
