Richard Keys brands Erik ten Hag ‘tin-pot tough guy’ who ‘blames his players’

Erik ten Hag's struggles this season has been compounded by Richard Keys dubbing the Manchester United boss as a 'tin-pot tough guy'.

The club have already suffered six defeats in all competitions this season as they sit 10th in the Premier League and rock bottom of their Champions League group after two games. Their latest disappointment came on Tuesday (October 3) when they were stunned 3-2 by Galatasaray at Old Trafford despite possessing the lead twice during the game.

While Mauro Icardi missed a penalty to put the Turkish side 3-2 up late in the second half after a double from Rasmus Hojlund, the Argentine striker avenged his mistake three minutes later after chipping past Andre Onana to land the winner for his side. The defeat left Man United bottom of Group A with a must-win double-header against Copenhagen up next for the side in the Champions League.

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The constant defeats has led to mass criticism of ten Hag with BeIN Sports presenter Richard Keys making his feelings known about the 53-year-old as he took to X to scold the manager. He wrote: "'It's clear Erik ten Hag has lost his players with his tin-pot tough guy act & by always blaming them. That's repairable." Keys also took aim at several United players including new signing Andre Onana.

"Casemiro, Christian Eriksen, Raphael Varane & Sofyan Amrabat not being able to run isn't & the goalkeeper is a liability, Bruno Fernandes won't run – that's a big problem. He's not a captain," he added. Keys' criticism of the United team was echoed by club legend Paul Scholes who displayed his disappointment with the performance of Raphael Varane, calling the World Cup winner "weak".

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"Really disappointed. I actually don't think they played that badly," the ex-England international said. "All the talk before the game was that they couldn't really score goals and there was a a lack of goals in the team. It is almost as if we disregarded the defensive side of the game and the defensive side of the team it wasn't good enough they were wide open at times."

Scholes continued: "The rest of it, the centre halves especially. Amrabat, look he's not a left-back he gets done for the third goal. But it was so wide open (the defence) Victor Lindelof and Varane were so soft and weak and we all know what the goalkeeper did as well."

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