Roy Keane labels Marcus Rashford ‘a child’ in Man Utd blast after Spurs loss

Roy Keane was typically scathing of Manchester United ‘s 2-0 defeat to Tottenham on Saturday night and picked out Marcus Rashford for particular criticism. The Sky Sports expert and ex-United captain was not impressed with Rashford’s body language as he started as a centre-forward rather than in his favoured left-wing role. Keane felt Rashford cut a forlorn figure very early on at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Rashford has publicly admitted he prefers starting out on the left but Erik ten Hag used the England international through the middle, as he did six days earlier in United’s Premier League opener against Wolves. After Pape Matar Sarr and Lisandro Martinez’s own goal condemned United to defeat in north London, the no-nonsense Keane ranted: “I think Man United are the new Spurs. Desperate. Absolutely desperate. Biggest insult I always think about teams are teams who can’t do it away from home or players who aren’t up for it away from home. “They’re a good team and they fancy it when the home fans are in front of them. They’ve got that support and that energy. United go away today, that second half – weak, no leadership, gave bad goals away. Spurs were lovely, honestly, all credit to Spurs. “But United, it’s easy to play against them. I said before the game they were poor against Wolves but they got the result and they’d be better today. They weren’t. We made the point they were fine the first half-an-hour but the game is 90 minutes. Roy Keane labels Marcus Rashford ‘a child’ in savage Man Utd blast after Tottenham loss (Image: GETTY/SKY SPORTS) “You’re obviously not going to dominate that long but you’ve got to show some belief, some desire, some fight. You’re bringing on Anthony Martial and these players – you might as well bring on Frank Stapleton and Norman Whiteside. “Martial’s not going to get you out of trouble again. Rashford played through the middle again – usual stuff. He’s like a child up there. He’s obviously not happy playing through the middle and his body language, his first few touches in the game, suggested ‘I don’t want to play up through the middle.’ “But you have to – you’ve got to do a job for the team tonight. You’re looking at the captain, the senior players, established international players. Easy to play against – that’s the biggest insult I can give to these United players.” MORE TO FOLLOW We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. For the latest news and breaking news visit: express.co.uk/sport/football . Stay up to date with all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you. Follow us on Twitter @dexpress_sport – the official Daily Express & Express.co.uk Twitter account – providing real news in real time. We’re also on Facebook @dailyexpresssport – offering your must-see news, features, videos and pictures throughout the day to like, comment and share from the Daily Express, Sunday Express and Express.co.uk .