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Roy Keane has criticized Manchester United midfielder Fred for his “really lazy and really sloppy” performance in the first half. 3-2 win over Southampton.
Edinson Cavani inspired the Red Devils comeback over Southampton with two goals after coming off the bench at halftime.
The Saints were on their way to their first league win at home against Man Utd since 2003, with Jan Bednarek and James Ward-Prowse giving them a two-goal cushion heading into the break.
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And Fred took a stick from Keane at halftime after he gave away the foul that led to Ward-Prowse scoring a free throw.
“I would be more critical of Fred, Fred giving away the free throw,” Keane said in Sky sports during the interval.
“I still don’t expect my goalkeeper to be beaten from there, I really don’t. It’s a fantastic play, the pace it has, the precision; without a doubt, it is one of the best in Europe at the moment due to that situation.
“I would be disappointed in my goalie, but I would be more disappointed in Fred for being really lazy and careless. Giving away free kicks in that area is like giving away a penalty. From United’s point of view, they would have been told not to give away silly free throws.
“Corners can happen, obviously you’ll take it, but the free kick, if you look at Fred closely, I’ve been criticizing him for years. My eyes don’t lie to me. Really bad decision, really lazy. “
Meanwhile, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised the performance of his Man Utd team after the game, especially Cavani. Solskjaer said: “I thought we played well all day. We create great opportunities.
“Of course they have the James Ward-Prowse quality, which is always difficult to defend against, so going into halftime we have to make changes and Edinson had a huge impact.
“We know it is one of the smartest and best engines in the box, it can take you off, get in front of you. Sometimes it works for you and it certainly had an impact today.
“(The never-say-die attitude) is very important and a trait that Man United should always have. Never give up, never give in.
“I don’t know how many times I was on the field and we came back and won games towards the end.
“We had a manager who never, never allows anyone to give up and I must say that is one of my values.
“I have to say that if you don’t play well, at least work hard and never give up.
“It shows that you give everything for your team and while I think we played very well today, I think we showed that we had a character to dig into when the result seemed to go against us.”
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