‘They’ve been embarrassed… the manager got it wrong!’: Robbie Mustoe SLAMS Man United boss Erik Ten Hag’s tactics in first-half drubbing by rivals City… as Robbie Earle insists all their hard work in last four games has been ‘undone in 45 minutes’

By Jake Nisse For Dailymail.Com

Following Man City’s first-half destruction of their rivals Man United, Robbie Mustoe had some strong words for manager Erik ten Hag, as he accused the Dutchman of getting his tactics wrong and said the team had been ’embarrassed.’

City raced out to a 4-0 halftime lead behind two goals each from Phil Foden and Erling Haaland, as United were carved up all over the field.

 ‘We admire a manager who trusts his players and says, “we’ve won the last four, we’re going to do the same thing again,’ Mustoe said on NBC Sports. ‘This is different, isn’t it?’

‘He’s got it wrong. The manager knows the profile of those midfield players. He knows that Antony isn’t gonna track back and help that side, they’ve been destroyed on that side.

‘They’ve been embarrassed. And the main reason I said that Rebecca, about the lineup, is midfield players. The back four have been stretched like crazy, but when you’ve got midfield players that want to just attack and don’t want to defend and protect the back four.

‘Kevin de Bruyne is running free, running wild and destroying the team, as all the forwards are for city.

The Belgian assisted Haaland for two goals in the first half, as Jack Grealish ran rampant on the left wing as well.

City went ahead via a deft Foden finish just eight minutes in.

‘This is a reappearance of the United from the first two games,’ Mustoe’s colleague Robbie Earle said. ‘All that hard work has been undone, all that points they’ve got… it’s gone in 45 minutes.’

‘This looks like the bad old Manchester United days again, which will have shocked Ten Hag at halftime. He’s has got work to do in that dressing room to at least stop the rot and make sure they don’t concede too many goals… but the players have to take responsibility as well. They’ve let him down today.’

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