Roy Keane has not held back on his current thoughts surrounding Manchester United ahead of Premier League fixtures against Chelsea and Liverpool in the next seven days.
Erik ten Hag’s side thought they had grabbed a dramatic late winner against Brentford through Mason Mount only for Kristoffer Ajer to equalise deep into added time. The Bees thoroughly dominated the clash with a staggering 31 shots taken which saw United concede an xG of 3.29.
The point saw them lose ground in the race for Champions League spots with Tottenham now eight points above and Aston Villa 11 clear after their respective wins over Luton Town and Wolves. With that in mind, Keane has launched a scathing attack on his former club for their weekend performance along with his early thoughts ahead of welcoming Liverpool to Old Trafford next Sunday.
“You don’t know what United team is going to turn up,” he admitted on Sky Sports. “We’ve seen it over the last few weeks. They were let of the hook by Liverpool in that game but United got the job done. We saw them last night [against Brentford] where they were rubbish – absolute rubbish!
“They got a draw and they probably should have won but they were hanging on at the end but with this Man United team, we’re having the same conversations, you just don’t know who’s going to turn up.
“The point I’ve been making for the last few weeks is that every team who plays against Man United find it easy to open them up and get chances. If they give Liverpool the amount of chances they gave them in the cup game, they will be well beaten.”
Before Liverpool visit Old Trafford for the second time in four weeks, Ten Hag and his players head south to Stamford Bridge for a clash against Chelsea. The Blues also dropped points over the weekend with ten-man Burnley securing an unlikely point that meant sack pressure on Mauricio Pochettino increased.
In the reverse fixture, United got the victory having dominated the game and they will be hoping to do the double over Chelsea to gain some momentum before taking on Liverpool.