‘That’s how you want it to feel’: Scott McTominay hailed after showing his dejection by sitting on bench following Huddersfield draw after Manchester United miss out on top four
- Scott McTominay scored against Huddersfield as Manchester United drew
- Result means United can no longer qualify for next season’s Champions League
- Pundits were full of praise for the 22-year-old midfielder as he sat on the bench
Scott McTominay showed his devastation after Manchester United’s draw against Huddersfield on Sunday.
The midfielder scored in the eighth minute at the John Smith’s Stadium but United were unable to hold out and slipped to a 1-1 draw that has cost them a place in the top four.
And McTominay was clearly dejected after his side missed out on Champions League football with the draw, as footage showed him sitting on the bench following the full time whistle looking upset.
Scott McTominay showed his devastation after Manchester United’s draw at Huddersfield
The midfielder scored on Sunday but was clearly dejected after missing out on top four
Footage showed him sitting on the bench following the full time whistle looking upset
Pundits were full of praise for the 22-year-old on Malaysian channel Stadium Astro.
Danny Higginbotham commented: ‘That’s how you want it to feel. If you’re sitting there laughing and joking then it’s no good.
‘He was a standout player today. He’s had a fantastic season, scored again today — his second goal for the football club — and he is a player, no doubt about it whatsoever, that Solskjaer will want around the place.
‘He looks like the type of player that if I said to him, I want you to play in goal today, he’d go ‘Okay, no problem’.
Danny Higginbotham (left) and Dave Kitson (right) were full of praise for the 22-year-old
”I want you to play centre back, centre forward, left wing’, I think he’d do it. He’s been absolutely excellent.’
Dave Kitson added: ‘If United had 11 players putting in the effort of that kid there they’d have won this game’.
United supporters on Twitter have also been suggesting an old Jose Mourinho quote sums up McTominay relative to the rest of their side, commenting ‘Jose was right’.
Mourinho previously said: ‘Scott is a kid with a special character, very humble, aggressive, brave, he’s a special kid.
‘He’s a special character that a team in a negative moment needs. Do my other players have that mentality? Not all of them.’
United are sixth in the Premier League, four points behind Spurs in fourth with a game left to play.
McTominay has played 15 league matches this campaign.
Kitson suggested United would have won with 11 players putting in McTominay’s level of effort
