Manchester United fell to defeat at the hands of Arsenal on Sunday after Eddie Nketiah scored all three late in the game and one pundit believes Erik ten Hag should have played Harry Maguire.
The defeat leaves Man United 11 points behind Arsenal in the league table, who also have one game remaining, and just a win would have kept the Red Devils’ title hopes alive, but talkSPORT pundit Darren Ambrose has suggested that Ten Hag should have been happy. with a draw and brought in Harry Maguire to watch the match for one point.
The England international was an unused substitute against the Gunners, as the Man United boss only brought in Fred and Garnacho.
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Speaking on talkSPORT after the 3-2 thriller at the Emirates, the former footballer said: “The last few games he brings in Harry Maguire for the last five or 10 minutes. I think he should have done something like that. [to see out the draw].
“Varane had to leave and Garnacho came on, maybe he should have brought Lindelof or Maguire to try to watch the game.”
? DA: “He has hired Maguire to watch the games. Maybe he should have done that.”
? AC: “But are we being picky??”
The Boot Room debate whether Erik ten Hag’s substitutions were good enough at #ARSMUN pic.twitter.com/QKHqXhYSay
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