Man United star Luke Shaw admits his side are ‘way too easy’ to play against

Jonathan Gorrie25 October 2021

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw has admitted the team are “way too easy to play against” following Sunday’s humiliating 5-0 loss to Liverpool at Old Trafford.

That particular criticism of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side has been prevalent throughout what has been a difficult start to the season despite an aggressive summer recruitment drive to have seen Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo join a club who finished second in the Premier League last time out.

While United have managed to turn games against the likes of West Ham United and Atalanta around, they were cut apart by a rampant Liverpool with ease and, naturally, the pressure has increased on the manager.

Speaking after the game, England international Shaw talked of their problems defensively, although did stress the team had prepared for the game in the correct manner.

“I think it’s ourselves that we need to look at, first and foremost, in the mirror,” he told Stadium Astro.

“Are we doing everything right and preparing right for the games in ourselves?

“Of course we have the tactics and how the manager wants us to play, but I think at times we’re way too easy to play against.

“I think, for example, you look at the first goal, it can’t be possible that they can have sort of three running through in the first five minutes. We need to be more compact, we need to be better and we know that.

“I think also maybe we can say this result was coming.

“I think in past games where we’ve won, we haven’t been at our best and we know that.

“We felt that inside the dressing room and today we need to reflect and we have to move on from this because it hurts.”

Next up for United is a trip to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday before traveling to Atalanta in the Champions League and returning for what already looks like a daunting Manchester derby at home to City on Saturday November 6.

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