Ruud van Nistelrooy singles out Man Utd star who he feels got 'blamed' for defeat

Ruud van Nistelrooy began his spell arsenic Manchester United's caretaker manager with a 5-2 triumph implicit Leicester City successful the Carabao Cup, with Casemiro scoring 2 goals

Ruud van Nistelrooy has hailed Manchester United prima Casemiro aft helium was 'blamed' for their decision to Liverpool past month.

Casemiro, 32, was brutally ridiculed by fans and pundits aft producing an error-ridden show during United's humiliating 3-0 loss astatine location to Liverpool, a effect which helped spell the extremity for manager Erik 10 Hag. The Dutchman was sacked connected Monday aft 4 defeats successful 9 Premier League games and is acceptable to beryllium replaced by Sporting Lisbon brag Ruben Amorim.

Van Nistelrooy has been enactment successful complaint connected a caretaker ground and guided the Red Devils to a rousing 5-2 win against Leicester City successful the Carabao Cup 4th round. Starting with a long-range rocket, Casemiro scored United's archetypal and 4th goals and could've had a hat-trick earlier half-time.

The Brazilian midfielder's show 'delighted' Van Nistelrooy, who told MUTV: "The mode he's been grooming and helping the squad and the club, he's specified an example. You besides spot the crowd's absorption and they besides cognize what he's about."

The ex-Red Devils striker, who returned to Old Trafford nether Ten Hag this summer, added: "Of course, going done hard moments, the Liverpool game, helium got a batch of criticism. It was truthful hard, helium was astir the 1 to blasted for that crippled and it's not fair, helium didn't merit that, it was not true.

"If you spot him successful grooming and the mode helium prepares for games, with the past and each helium has achieved with 5 Champions Leagues, he's an illustration for us. That was portion of my celebration, I'm blessed for him."

Casemiro's goals saw United done to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, wherever they'll look Tottenham distant from location successful the week opening December 16. As Amorim won't instrumentality implicit until aft the planetary interruption owed to an statement betwixt Sporting and United, Van Nistelrooy volition besides beryllium successful complaint connected Sunday erstwhile the Red Devils big Chelsea successful the Premier League.

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"It is wide that this is going to beryllium abbreviated term, truthful for maine contiguous was the astir important time aft what happened," Van Nistelrooy went connected to archer BBC Radio 5 Live. "In specified abbreviated announcement we had to person things getting going and get into the quarter-finals. Credit to the players, they were fantastic today. For present the absorption is connected Chelsea connected Sunday and I bash not truly look immoderate further."

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