Peter Schmeichel has dropped his honest verdict of watching Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford while sitting alongside Sir Alex Ferguson.
Manchester United welcomed Liverpool to Old Trafford on Sunday and Erik ten Hag’s men were outclassed and outplayed in a dominating performance from the Reds.
Luis Diaz broke the deadlock in the 35th minute for Liverpool before the 27-year-old Colombian winger doubled the Reds’ advantage seven minutes later.
Mohamed Salah then added Liverpool’s third in the second half, with Erik ten Hag’s side offering very little in response to the Reds’ display at Old Trafford.
United have now suffered back-to-back defeats in the Premier League before the start of the September international break.
The Red Devils beat Fulham at Old Trafford in their Premier League opener in August before United suffered a 2-1 defeat to Brighton at the Amex last month.
Schmeichel on Ferguson and Man Utd defeat
Manchester United are 14th in the Premier League table and Erik ten Hag has already faced mounting criticism over the Red Devils’ results this season.
The Red Devils won’t return to action until after the international break, with United set to travel to the St Mary’s on 14th September to face Southampton.
Sir Alex Ferguson has been an ever-present figure at Old Trafford long after he called it time on his legendary managerial career in 2013.
The 82-year-old Scotsman, who is regarded as one of the best managers of all time, engineered United’s last Premier League title win at the end of the 2012-13 season.
Peter Schmeichel sat alongside Ferguson for the match at Old Trafford and summed up the performance by saying it was “really, really sad” to see how United played.
“I sat with Sir Alex today, it’s really sad,” he told Optus Sport.
“What he did for this football club and everything we enjoyed, the great times and everything, to sit with him and he’s watching this, it’s really, really sad.
“He did something really extraordinary with this football club and all of that is not there anymore.”
Ten Hag on Man Utd after Liverpool defeat
Speaking after the Liverpool defeat, Ten Hag insisted that it was clear that United have to “improve” and still expects his side to “lift another trophy” this season.
“We will be fine, but it’s clear we have to improve,” he said, as per Manchester United’s official website.
“But [at] the end of the season, I’m quite confident, again, we will have a big chance to lift another trophy.”
Ten Hag added: “Again, we have to build a new team. I explained this so many times, also on the Friday in the press conference.
“We will build this new team. We have young players. Also, now, we have players to build in, in the season.
“Today, I think we had two players, three players, first start of the season, and they didn’t play 90 minutes.”
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