Crystal Palace delivered a 4-0 defeat to Manchester United, marking a significant setback for manager Erik ten Hag. Commentator Jamie Carragher criticized United as being among the “worst-coached teams in the Premier League” and suggested that Casemiro retire from top-tier football following his errors leading to two goals by Michael Olise.
Manchester United’s performance this season plummeted further with a 4-0 loss to Crystal Palace. They were down by two goals at halftime, courtesy of Michael Olise and Jean-Philippe Mateta, and the situation worsened when Tyrick Mitchell scored post-interval, with Olise completing the tally.
This season, United has let in 81 goals across all competitions, the highest since 1977, jeopardizing their chances for European competition next year.
Additionally, since the previous season began, Manchester United has suffered more away defeats with a minimum four-goal difference than any other Premier League team, except for Nottingham Forest.
“This is one of the most poorly coached teams in the Premier League,” Carragher said on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football.
“That is a fact. That is not an opinion. That is a fact. The numbers tell you that when you see them bottom of the league defensively, lower than Sheffield United.
“I struggled to see how United would win tonight but I thought Palace would win one or two nil. No Manchester United team should be getting beaten 4-0 by Crystal Palace.
“Manchester United’s U23 team, if they are at Manchester United, have come through their academy, have been coached and taught to play, I would still not expect them to lose 4-0.
“I have never been a manager or a coach but I have been a player and I have been coached by top coaches and some of the things that I see are just wrong.”
Carra on Casemiro: Football has abandoned him at Manchester United
Casemiro, playing at centre-back, was to blame for the first and last Palace goals, both scored by Olise: first, he missed a challenge that allowed the Frenchman to score, and then gave the ball away to Daniel Munoz in the build-up to the Palace No 7’s second goal.
Analyzing the first goal on Monday Night Football, Carragher asked for Casemiro to be pulled at half-time for his “embarrassing” role in the goal, adding: “Honestly, nothing can be worse than Casemiro playing at centre-half for Manchester United.”
“It’s sad to see a great player performing like this. We’ve all been there, but he’s only 32 and what he’s achieved in the game, he’s miles off it.”
“Casemiro should know tonight as an experienced player that he should only have another three games left at the top level – the next two league games and the cup final – then go to the MLS or Saudi.
“I’m deadly serious – his agent, the team of people around him, they have to tell him: this has to stop. We are watching one of the greats of the modern times, playing in the best midfields we have seen who have dominated Europe – him holding, Kroos and Modric alongside him.
“I am nowhere near on what that man has achieved, winning Champions League, playing for Brazil and Real Madrid. But I always remember something when I retired myself, there’s a saying I always remember: Leave the football, before the football leaves you. The football has left him at this top level. He has to call it a day and move.
“They should pay him off and do some sort of deal. But that sort of a player, should not be put through this. By Crystal Palace. He’s not playing Manchester City or Real Madrid, all due to respect to Crystal Palace. A man of that level should not go what he’s going through and has to call it a day.”
