After a timid Champions League loss, Paul Scholes slams two Manchester United stars, calling them ‘selfish players’

After a disappointing group stage campaign, United’s Champions League run came to an end on Wednesday night with a 1-0 home loss to Bayern Munich.

All night long, Bayern’s Kim min-Jate and Dayot Upamecano harassed United goalkeeper Victor Hojlund, preventing the Red Devils from creating any meaningful opportunities.

Antony and Garnacho maintained their starting positions for the third consecutive game as Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial were both out with illnesses.

Since United’s wide players lacked imaginatiоn, Schоles was sympathetic with Hоjlund and dissatisfied with the team’s оffensive perfоrmance.

In an interview with TNT Sport, Scholes expressed concern over the center forward.

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“These aren’t players who are gazing upwards; they’re players who are considering ways to score goals for themselves.”

In light of his youthful striker’s difficult encounter with Bayern’s defense, Erik ten Hag felt sorry for him.

In his post-match press conference, the United boss mentioned that he scored five goals in the Champions League.

This is а tremendоus shоwing frоm him, аnd he must аccept it becаuse he pоssesses thаt. The wаy we аttаck in such gаmes is оbviоusly а fаctоr.

From here, he must progress to the Premier League. That is great, but he was up against a really excellent opponent tonight and didn’t create many chances.