Peter Schmeichel names three United players who looked ‘confused’ during Bayern defeat

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Peter Schmeichel has named three Manchester United players who looked ‘confused’ during the Red Devils’ 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich.

Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern Munich recorded a comfortable 1-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford thanks to a second-half goal from Kingsley Coman.

Chances were few and far between for the Red Devils and the only had one shot on target throughout the game which, for a team who needed to win, isn’t great.

The midfield was once again an issue for United with the German side playing through the Red Devils consistently, despite not getting out of third gear.

Schmeichel on ‘confused trio’

It seems that ex-United keeper Peter Schmeichel was unhappy with the midfield in particular, suggesting Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay and Sofyan Amrabat were ‘confused’.

“There isn’t a lot of pace in the team,” Schmeichel told CBS Sports.

“You’ve got a little bit on the left wing, a little bit up front, but then you’ve got a midfield who seems to be confused with what their job is – some of the are pressing, some of them aren’t pressing, they leave that massive gap between the defenders and the front players, and it’s like two linear lines. Everything seems a little bit out of sync.”

The midfield did look lost at times and it remains a bizarre decision to start Sofyan Amrabat, Scott McTominay, and Bruno Fernandes, it just does not work.

The Danish goalkeeper also believed the atmosphere was a bit off at Old Trafford, he said: “Everything about today was a little bit weird at Old Trafford, just before kick-off I said the stadium was still not full, there’s no atmosphere, there was a bit of a weird atmosphere.”

Midfield conundrum

When United travel to Anfield this weekend, they simply cannot pick the same midfield trio otherwise, the game could be over by half-time.

The trio just do not work well together. McTominay continued to push which saw Fernandes drop to a deeper position which just did not work at all and Bayern looked very comfortable dealing with every attack that the Red Devils threw their way.

We can keep on saying this but Kobbie Mainoo needs to come back into the midfield. It would be a huge risk to start him against Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool but the teenager has the composure to deal with this. He must start.