Patrice Evra insists Man United are NOT ready to win the Premier League after their 7-0 defeat
Patrice Evra has claimed he is not delusional enough to think Manchester United can win the Premier League this season after they suffered their heaviest joint defeat in their history in a 7-0 thrashing at the hands of rivals Liverpool.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds went on a rampage in the second half at Anfield on Sunday, with Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah scoring twice before Roberto Firmino finished off a 7-0 win.
Erik ten Hag’s high-flying United side were poised to win a potential quadruple following their Carabao Cup triumph at Wembley, but Evra insists the Premier League title is out of reach.
Evra said in Rio Ferdinand’s FIVE podcast: ‘I never let myself go. With this team they are heading in the right direction, but they are not ready yet [to win the Premier League]. I’m not delusional.
“As a United fan I will think about the title, but I’ll be honest with you, I never think United can win.” [this season]because it is a process.’
Patrice Evra insists Man United are not ready to win the Premier League after their 7-0 defeat
Liverpool put in their best performance of the season to dismantle their fierce rivals
While United icon Evra acknowledges United are a team in transition and claims they are not yet ready to challenge Arsenal and Man City for the title, he praised Ten Hag and the job the Dutchman has done so far.
Evra, 41, said: ‘Ten Hag is already doing some miracles to make people forget where we came from. We already have a trophy.
“Of course it’s a big loss, seven goals is a lot and you can question the defense, but it’s a million times harder to take against Liverpool.” We can’t forget what this team is doing now.’
Ferdinand went on to call the beating of his beloved club an “absolute massacre” and told the embarrassed stars to let the sense of defeat “sink in”.
“They have pulverized us,” added Ferdinand..
That was a massacre. An absolute massacre at Anfield. That’s all you can call it. Players will be embarrassed.
Evra also joined other former Manchester United players in criticizing Bruno Fernandes’ body language in their 7-0 defeat.
Evra says Erik ten Hag (pictured) is a miracle worker for the work he has done so far at United
Fernandes grew increasingly frustrated as the game progressed, with the club captain waving his arms, theatrically falling to the ground, and even appearing to push a linesman towards the end of the match.
Evra compared his behavior to that of another fierce Red Devils midfielder, saying: “I I love Bruno as a player, but this isn’t the first game to have body language like this. He has to get rid of it.
Paul Pogba was like that at Juventus and [Massimiliano] Allegri benched him for it.
Evra also compared the incident to his time at the club. ‘When Nani didn’t pass the ball to Wayne [Rooney]he used to yell, and that’s when the fans start to hate Nani’, he said.
‘For me, when I see this body language as a manager, they won’t play on my time. It doesn’t matter if they are good because this is disrespectful.
The former left-back added that he was not ‘surprised’ by the result because this was ‘not a strong United’, and that ‘you know a strong United when you are losing’.
Ferdinand agreed that the game should have been about “damage limitation” after Liverpool took the lead.
Rio Ferdinand called the embarrassing loss at Anfield an ‘absolute massacre’
Bruno Fernandes was criticized for his body language during the 7-0 defeat against Liverpool
On Fernandes, he added: ‘I spoke to him last week and he is aware that he is waving his arms. It’s because he’s frustrated. He wants the players to do better.
“The way it’s broadcast to teammates and fans doesn’t look great.”
The humiliated United stars returned to training on Monday morning, less than 24 hours after their defeat to Ten Hag, prompting his team to watch the 7-0 run by striking back “to make them angry” before holding additional sessions. with a Dutch psychologist in an attempt to reconstruct. trust.
United won’t have long to wait for their revenge when La Liga outfit Real Betis visit Old Trafford in Europe’s second division cup competition on Thursday.