AARON WAN-BISSAKA was accused of barely “jogging” as a Manchester United legend blamed the defender for Brentford’s late equaliser on Saturday night.
And ex-keeper Peter Schmeichel claims that slackness in Saturday’s 1-1 Premier League draw typifies the Red Devils’ current “low standards”.
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Aaron Wan-Bissaka was said to have lost focus for Brentford’s equaliser
Wan-Bissaka and Rasmus Hojlund reflect on a dire display by Man Utd
Schmeichel reckons left-back Wan-Bissaka lost focus – enabling Ivan Toney to stay onside ahead of Kristoffer Ajer’s 99th-minute leveller.
It came after a lengthy hold-up for a head injury to AWB’S fellow United full-back Diogo Dalot meant 14 minutes were added on.
Mason Mount put the Red Devils in front deep into that stoppage time before Ajer earned the dominant Bees a point.
Schmeichel, a member of United’s 1999 Treble winners, couldn’t believe how badly the Red Devils defended their lucky lead.
The 120-cap Dane told SuperSport: “If you look at Wan-Bissaka on the Brentford goal, and this is what I mean by standards.
“Wan-Bissaka is out there to the left, the ball gets crossed and now look at him. He’s walking off, walking, walking, he’s jogging!
“And Ivan Toney would have been offside had he followed the back-four line up and then that goal wouldn’t have happened.”
“Look at him [Wan-Bissaka] coming out! Look at it!
“That’s not Manchester United, that’s not pride, that’s not high standards. That’s not focusing on what your job is.
“He has cost – not to blame him for this – but in that moment, because of what he did, or didn’t do, a simple thing like concentrating, they equalised.”
Erik ten Hag’s future at Old Trafford is still up in the air as United is only sixth, eight points behind Tottenham in fifth.
And the 60-year-old Schmeichel feels the team is failing to live up to the high standards set during Alex Ferguson’s brilliant reign from 1986 to 2013.
He said: “The standards are low. We [Schmeichel and fellow pundit Andy Cole] grew up with Sir Alex Ferguson at the club and you had to be proud of what you did on the pitch.
“We could lose 1-0 and he would say that was fine because the performance was there.”