 October 27, 2022 'You want to see great skill at a football match, you want to see someone [do something that makes you say], 'unbelievable, how did he do that?'. 'But there's certain types of games where you want to see that. 'When there's no one around you, what's the point in going around twice and then kicking it out of play? That's laughable. A five-year-old could do that. 'He'll [Ten Hag] soon have to say, 'keep it simple'. Be effective, as Ten Hag says, run in behind, get in those pockets, I want to see you do something, I don't want to see you doing that.' Asked if he liked Antony's skill after United's victory at Old Trafford, Ten Hag said: 'I don't have a problem with that as long as it's functional. 'So from him I demand more: more runs in behind, more often in the box, more tempo dribbles especially and more playing in the pocket. 'So we demand more dominance in this game and when, now and then, there is a trick like that it is nice as long as it's functional, you're not losin){kind=link}
Arsenal legend Ray Parlour has described Antony’s showboating as ‘laughable’ after Manchester United’s 3-0 win over FC Sheriff in the Europa League.
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United remain second in Group E following their comfortable victory over the Moldovan club at Old Trafford, with Diogo Dalot, Marcus Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo all getting on the scoresheet.
Antony, meanwhile, was replaced at half time after attempting to excite the United fans with his trademark pirouette before overhitting a pass which went out of play.
United’s £85 million summer signing was slammed by Paul Scholes and Robbie Savage, who described the move as ’embarrassing’ during his match commentary for BT Sport.