Former Manchester City manager, Mark Hughes, has identified Donny van de Beek as the worst player on the pitch for Manchester United when they crashed out of the FA Cup to Leicester City on Sunday.
According to him, it looked like the Dutch man was ‘wandering around lost’ on the pitch after his rare start in United’s 3-1 FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Brendan Rodgers’ side.
Manchester United boss, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made five changes to the team that beat AC Milan in the Europa League in Italy on Thursday with Van de Beek one of the players who was included in the starting lineup.
Van de Beek has started just two games in the Premier League this season with a little more game opportunities in Cup games.
Kelechi Iheanacho capitalised on Fred’s poor back pass to open the scoring for Leicester City after 24 minutes at the King Power Stadium with Greenwood equalising for United.
But in the second half, Youri Tielemans’ strike and Iheanacho’s second of the game sealed a deserved win for Brendan Rodgers’ Foxes.
And Hughes believes Van de Beek, who was taken off after 64 minutes, looked lost on the pitch.
“He’s wandering and not really getting on the ball, doesn’t know how to affect the game, can’t demand the ball of his team-mates because they’re not quite sure whether or not they have enough confidence in him,” Hughes told Stadium Astro.
“He looks like a guy who’s wandering around lost on the field.
“…Clearly, since he’s come to United he hasn’t shown anything like what the level he needs to be at to remain a Man United player.
“He can only have so many opportunities, at some point he’s going to have to take them or United will move him on. I think they’re edging towards that decision if he’s not careful.”
FA Cup: Mark Hughes names Man United’s worst player in 3-1 defeat to Leicester
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