Former Manchester United star Paul Ince has provided some stinging criticism of three key players following the loss at home to Barcelona in the Champions League.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side suffered a 1-0 defeat in their quarter-final first-leg tie at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening and Ince insists they should not be happy with the performance.
Whilst United ran Barcelona close and still have a chance of progressing to the final four, Ince was quick to criticise influential players Paul Pogba , Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford.
All three were kept quiet by Barcelona and whilst speaking exclusively to Paddy Power News, Ince hit out at the trio.
"The big players didn’t even turn up for United last night," Ince told Paddy Power News . "You’ve got to have a go at Barcelona, what are you scared for? They gave them far too much respect.
"On the night, you’re looking at the so-called big players like Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Romelu Lukaku to make something happen. You look at those to get the team going – and it didn’t materialise.
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"Another off day for Pogba, which I didn’t expect considering how he’s been playing and Lukaku once again looked incapable of scoring a goal. He spent most of his time out on the wing, he just needs to play between the two goal posts. What use is Lukaku out on the wing? It doesn’t make sense to me."
Ince also lamented the fact that United failed to have a shot on target at Old Trafford.
"They never had a go at Barcelona or tried to, in such a massive game where the fans are up for it. It’s a sad sight that at Old Trafford, in the Champions League, United aren’t having a shot on target," Ince added.
"That Barcelona team were probably expecting a different performance from United. They’d have been expecting that resurgent Ole side who come at you from the off, that get in your faces, but that didn’t materialise."
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