ERIK TEN HAG delivered a brutal assessment after being asked why he subbed Casemiro at half-time.
The Brazilian holding midfielder was replaced by Christian Eriksen at half-time in what was considered an attacking substitution.
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When asked why Ten Hag was willing to make such an extreme change, he simply said: “I wanted more football.”
Casemiro suffered a day to forget which was his latest in a season he has increasingly struggled in.
The midfielder made a critical mistake in the build-up to Mathias Jensen’s 26th-minute opener, which should’ve been saved by Andre Onana.
That, coupled, with his lack of ferocity, prompted Ten Hag to replace the club’s September Player of the Month with Christian Eriksen at halftime.
United fans speculated that this could be the beginning of the end for Casemiro in a United shirt.
One fan wrote on Twitter: “He made a good decision by taking him off to be honest.”
Another wrote: “So now he’s turned on Casemiro?”
A third wrote: “Casemiro has been embarrassing himself on the pitch for a while.”
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And a fourth wrote: “Expect to see a statement from Casemiro soon.”
The statement part is of course referring to Jadon Sancho‘s Instagram outburst when he said he had been made a scapegoat after being dropped from the squad against Arsenal.
United this season in general have been no stranger to releasing statements after they did so over the future of Mason Greenwood and Antony.
It has led fans of United to give themselves the nickname of “statement FC” after they had more statements than wins at one point this season.
United won 2-1 against Brentford today after two dramatic stoppage time goals from midfielder Scott McTominay as he emerged as an unlikely hero.
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