The pundit believes the Brazilian has been left exposed by his team-mates (Picture: Getty)Martin Keown has offered a defence of Casemiro and believes the Manchester United midfielder’s struggles so far this season are the consequence of manager Erik ten Hag’s tactics. ‘Casemiro has been sitting deep with Christian Eriksen and Bruno Fernandes further forward, either side of him. United are the Premier League’s worst culprits for letting opponents dribble past them and Casemiro tops the list,’ wrote Keown in his Daily Mail column. ‘In the defeat by Arsenal, when keeper Andre Onana had the ball, Casemiro was dropping between the centre backs. ‘When Casemiro dropped to create a back three, Ten Hag was ordering his full backs to get high and wide.

Source: Metro September 16, 2023 02:30 UTC