Scholes blames Man Utd on Lingard, fires target Solskjaer squarely

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Paul Scholes believes manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s tactics did not help Manchester United in their 2-1 loss to Young Boys.

The Red Devils kicked off their Champions League group stage campaign on Tuesday. Despite taking the lead thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo, Aaron Wan-Bissaka then saw red.

The loss of a man was then a game-changer, with the Swiss Young Boys leveling after 66 minutes.

But things would go from bad to worse for United. Substitute Jesse Lingard, who had replaced Ronaldo, played a failed back pass which Jordan Siebatcheu threw in to score.

Lingard was Solskjaer’s third substitution in five on the night. Elsewhere, Jadon Sancho came out for Diogo Dalot following Wan-Bissaka’s red.

Raphael Varane replaced Donny van de Beek, while Nemanja Matic and Anthony Martial came later. According to Scholes, however, Solskjaer should have brought Martial into the game earlier than the 89th minute.

“It’s not a complete disaster. Not ideal, obviously you would like to go and win, ”the expert told BT Sport.

“Jesse will be disappointed, it all comes from the expulsion in the first half. United were pretty comfortable so far.

“I think United probably missed a round, they couldn’t get their half out, they were so deep.

“I think he should have brought more rhythm earlier to Martial or [Mason] Greenwood, they didn’t and they paid the ultimate price.

This is not, however, the first such experience of United in their recent European memory. They lost in the same way as Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League last season.

On this occasion, they were first beaten by Demba Ba’s bizarre breakaway goal, then lost 2-1.

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“This is once again Basaksheir. We were here last season and regret the mistakes, ”added Rio Ferdinand.

“It’s a big mistake at the end of the game for Jesse who did very well this weekend. [It] just going to show wherever you go in europe it’s tough.

“You have to be on your game. You have to be mentally listening.

“Yes, they started well and one decision in the game can change that. It was a bad touch, a bad tackle and then the game completely changed. “

Man Utd return to action on Sunday against West Ham in London.

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