Ryan Giggs has criticized Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku for their dismal season performance.
The Wales boss wondered why the stars perform so good with their national teams but when it comes to club duties, they flop. Paul Pogba sat out Manchester United trip to Liverpool while Lukaku featured but had little impact as he has had in the season.
Both Lukaku and Pogba had remarkable World Cup performances with the latter winning the trophy with France. Belgium was knocked out in the semis.
“We see Lukaku and Pogba in the World Cup and they’re performing to the highest level. They go back to their clubs and they’re not. Nineteen points behind Liverpool. That team isn’t 19 points worse than Liverpool.” Giggs wondered.
“In the season, you can get beaten in these games. When United were winning leagues, we went to Anfield and got beaten plenty of times. We got beaten at Old Trafford. It’s just within this season. It tops it off that it’s been a disappointing season. Then, when you get beat by your rivals, obviously your fans won’t be happy. Jose takes a lot of stick, rightly or wrongly, but the players have got to take responsibility as well,” he said in his interview with beIN Sports.
Giggs who had a successful spell with Man United urged players top up their games saying that most of them are playing below the standards a Man United should be performing at.
“He’s not the one out there miscontrolling it, he’s not the one going out to [Sadio] Mane like [Ander] Herrera did and making a stupid challenge. It’s a bigger story though. The season so far, when you don’t beat the likes of Wolves, don’t beat Crystal Palace at home, you have to take the criticism. The players in that squad at the moment are better than that. The standards of Manchester United over the years has been high and these players have dropped below that. The manager has to take a lot of stick for that.” Giggs concluded.
