Roy Keane has torn into Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire - calling the England duo's performance against Liverpool a "disgrace."
The former tenacious midfielder lambasted the two Manchester United defenders, telling them to "sort their game out" after the calamitous defending in the defeat to Jurgen Klopp's side saw them ship five goals, a week after conceding four against Leicester City.
Recently, the Reds' defensive record has come under the spotlight as their quest for a clean sheet goes on, the last of which coming in the 1-0 away win at Molineux. At home their last home shutout came in March when Craig Dawson's own goal proved to be the difference.
United captain Maguire missed out on a handful of fixtures after limping off in the defeat to Aston Villa but made his return for the defeat at the King Power two weeks ago and it was an unhappy comeback as he switched off for Patson Daka's goal as the forward ghosted behind the England international.
There was further misery when Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota visited last week with Shaw undergoing a torrid time against the Liverpool front three.
"They need a reaction, they need to show some character, United have some many talented players especially going forward but a lot of the players defensively, obviously huge question marks over the two lads in midfield, but individual performances, [Luke] Shaw and [Harry] Maguire last week, they were a disgrace, an absolute disgrace to the club and these are established, international footballers," Keane criticised.
"[Aaron] Wan-Bissaka, I don’t even think Palace would take him back! He’s not good enough for Manchester United. No feel for the ball, decision making. But what Manchester United have always had over the years is players with character, with personalities - I don’t see it with this group.
"I remember Maguire talking in the week, he was like a robot. He was like, ‘uhhh ohhh apologies to the fans,’ there was no emotion to behind it. And these guys are on the back of a European championship for England so they’ve turned up before for big matches.
"Recently, Shaw has fallen back into his own half from a few years ago. I’m fed up with this chat after games, people apologising. Harry Maguire talking about we need to come together as a group, no - You need to sort your game out.
"If you're going to be the leader of that group. You need to get the basics right. Do your own job. People keep saying, ‘he might not be fit,’ - mightn't be fit? He gave away a goal to Leicester last week, it's nothing to do with fitness! Just a lack of professionalism, not doing his job properly."
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