Roy Keane gives brutally honest take on Man United’s performance in Europa League final loss vs. Spurs
Roy Keane gives brutally honest take on Man United’s performance in Europa League final loss vs. Spurs
The gloomy season of Manchester United took a last unpleasant turn on Wednesday and lost the UEFA Europa League final to Tottenham Hotspur in a competition that Roy Keane said the “lack of quality” has shown that their entire campaign has defined.
The only goal in the final came in the 42nd minute to Spurs’ Brennan Johnson, although he benefited from a poorly defensive game of United. Defender Luke Shaw was not effective and made it easy for Johnson, while goalkeeper Andre Onana could have done better as a Fluy Scot in the net landed.
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“I think the goal has summarized the game’s real lack of quality, poor decision-making of United at the end,” said Roy Keane, a former United player and a member of the CBS Sports’ broadcast of the Europa League final, after the game.
Keane believed that the better team won and that the tactical shift of Tottenham to give the defense priority in the second half, the long -term shortcomings of United further exposed. Spurs only took three shots in the course of the game and none after Johnson’s goal, but still surpassed United in terms of expected goals – the Red Devils achieved only 0.85 expected goals of 16 shots, while Tottenham 1.01 managed expected goals of their three shots.
“To start the second half, they put in the store early and it was clear that they would become defensively and they defended really well,” said Keane about Spurs. “United was missing of real quality and United depends on Harry Maguire to get [them] From prison at the end of the game. It summarizes their problem. “
United is now moving their focus to their match against Aston Villa on Sunday to complete the Premier League season. The Red Devils are in 16th place and can end as low as 17th or as high as 14th. They are never finished under eighth place in the competition.
The loss of Wednesday also means that United will not play in the Champions League next season.
