Paul Scholes criticises Ruben Amorim decision during Manchester United’s FA Cup win vs Leicester

Paul Scholes appeared to criticise Ruben Amorim’s tactics during Manchester United’s last-gasp triumph against Leicester City successful the FA Cup connected Friday night.

United delivered a dismal first-half show astatine Old Trafford and were down astatine the interruption arsenic Bobby De Cordova-Reid opened the scoring for Leicester.

Patrick Dorgu was handed his debut for United pursuing his £29 cardinal determination successful the last week of the January transportation model but the 20-year-old wing-back started the crippled connected the close side, contempt chiefly playing connected the other flank for Lecce.

United failed to registry a changeable connected people successful the opening 45 minutes and earlier going behind, Scholes made it wide that helium was not a instrumentality of Amorim’s set-up.

In a station connected Instagram, Scholes wrote: ‘Inverted wing-backs… you saw it astatine OT first.’

Alejandro Garnacho’s instauration arsenic a half-time substitute helped United amended and Amorim’s broadside were level done Joshua Zirkzee’s close-range finish.

United past secured their spot successful the FA Cup 5th circular arsenic Harry Maguire’s headed successful the winning extremity successful wounded time, although it would person been ruled retired by VAR owed to the defender being successful a wide offside erstwhile the shot was played into the box.

Speaking aft United’s win, Amorim defended his determination to play Dorgu connected the right, contempt the Denmark planetary being substituted astatine fractional time.

‘He played a batch of times successful Lecce connected the right. That is 1 of the characteristics that we wage attraction to a lot, to person a subordinate similar him,’ Amorim said.

‘He was a small spot anxious successful the archetypal interaction with the ball. It’s a antithetic league for him, antithetic velocity of the game, but helium did well. He has space, helium has strength, he’s going to amended a lot. And we, arsenic a team, we request to play amended to assistance these caller guys to execute astatine the close level. But the position, and you tin can spot successful Wyscout that he’s played successful some sides.’

Asked if Dorgu volition play connected the close successful aboriginal games for United, Amorim replied: ‘Yes. Again, if you’re going to spot the past of Dorgu successful the past team, helium played a batch of games besides connected the right. And we person to person wingers that tin play some sides, similar [Diogo] Dalot.

‘So I deliberation it’s a truly good, important thing, due to the fact that sometimes you request a left-footer connected the close broadside to travel wrong and to link successful the antithetic way. And sometimes you request the right-footed [player] to link and to transverse much balls, truthful it’s similar that.’

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