Peter Schmeichel has slammed Manchester United left-back Tyrell Malacia over for failing to stop Harry Kane from crossing into the United 6 yards box to set up Son Heung-Min for Tottenham’s equalizer.
Manchester United led Tottenham by two goals heading into the first-half break through Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho.
Tottenham fought back in the second half to earn a draw.
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel believes Tyle Malacia should have prevented Harry Kane from running straight past him and added that the absence of Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez affects the team.
What did Peter Schmeichel say?
He told Premier League production: “With Varane and Martinez out, defensively, we are a bit vulnerable.
“First of all, there is no pressure on the cross, they should stop the cross at birth, really, and then nobody follows in.
“Lindelof is half a center-half, half a full-back, and Luke Shaw is a full-back, and they are drawn towards the ball; they are not drawn to marking spaces or players.
“And that second goal, I don’t know what Malacia is doing.
“The ball runs straight past him, and he just looks at it. You have just come on; you have to make some sort of impact; you have a job to do.
“I’m not sure why he [ten Hag] took Wan-Bissaka off because he was really good today. We’re 2-1 up, you don’t change it, it is not that bad where you take your best defender off.”
Reacting to Manchester United throwing away two goals lead, Christian Eriksen said via BT Sport: “I think we missed the last percentage of really taking the game and finishing it off.
“I think we took a bit of the gas off, and that was our problem.
“I think it’s been that for a few games where we are sharp and coming ahead and [haven’t] kept it going. I think we lost a bit of energy, a bit of control, and they got the belief, and it went the other way.
“That’s how it goes normally. When you are 2-0 down anything can change quickly. We didn’t have the control to finish them off and don’t give them the chance to score the first goal, that gave belief.”
On Manchester United finishing in the top four, he added: “There are still a few games to go.
“We need to keep going and get the belief back to finish it off. We need to get it over the line.
