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Man United Legends Blast Casemiro After Latest Defeat To Arsenal
- Rooney slammed Casemiro as “lazy” after Arsenal’s win over Manchester United.
- Neville and Keane also echoed criticism of Casemiro’s defensive lapses.
- Concerns has been raised about Casemiro’s suitability as a center-back.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Wayne Rooney criticized Casemiro, labeling the Manchester United midfielder as “lazy” following the team’s 1-0 loss to Arsenal on Sunday, May 12th.
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Wayne Rooney, along with Manchester United icons Gary Neville and Roy Keane, attributed Leandro Trossard’s winning goal for Arsenal to Casemiro’s error.
Trossard seized the opportunity to score the goal as Casemiro, deployed as a center-back by coach Erik ten Hag.
However, he inadvertently kept Kai Havertz onside while his teammates attempted to set an offside trap.
“He’s obviously shown that he’s a midfield player and he’s not a natural centre-back,” Rooney said in the Sky Sports studio.
Manchester United Legends, Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville
“It was maybe a bit naive, there’s not really an angle anyway for Onana to get the ball to him.
“But then he has to push out and it’s lazy. It’s lazy, he’s lazy.
“The rest of his teammates have pushed out and they get caught by it.
“And even defending the space, he’s not aware of any players around him and then Trossard comes in and gets an easy goal.”
Neville, on co-commentary duty for Sky Sports, remarked that Casemiro, omitted from Brazil’s Copa America squad due to British press criticism, would likely face further scrutiny in the remaining season games.
“Casemiro has taken some criticism in these last couple of weeks and he’s going to get a little bit more,” Neville said.
“He [Trossard] goes to split wide to get on the ball, Casemiro.
Former Man Utd player, Roy Keane
“As soon as Onana goes that way, Casemiro has to get up. Look at him jog.
“And then as you see that ball getting played back down that far side.
“He’s got to get out quicker than that to play him offside and once he doesn’t, he’s in trouble.
“There’s no doubt, it’s not going to be as easy for him playing at centre-back.”
Keane added, “Casemiro has to sprint out, of course, he has to.
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“I don’t know what he was doing there because I’m not even sure he needed to make an angle for the goalkeeper.
“When it goes back to the goalkeeper, why is he making a silly angle as if he’s going to get it there?”
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