Paul Scholes blasts Man Utd players for ‘embarrassing’ moment after Aston Villa draw | Football

Paul Scholes has urged Manchester United’s struggling players to ditch ’embarrassing’ laps of honour after games.

The Red Devils are sitting 18th in the Premier League going into the November international break after winning just one of their ten games so far this season.

The last time United were in such a low position at this stage of the season was in 1986, while their record of eight league games without a win has only happened once before in the club’s history.

Michael Carrick and the Manchester United squad walked around the pitch applauding the fans following a humbling 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth at Old Trafford at the end of last month.

Carrick was serenaded by the United fans despite the club’s dismal position but the supportive chants soon turned to boos directed at the players once the ex-England midfielder made his way down the tunnel.

The squad performed a similar lap of appreciation after Sunday’s thrilling 4-4 draw with Aston Villa but Manchester United legend Scholes was less than impressed by the gesture.

‘I tell you one thing they need to do, stop doing these laps of honour after every game,’ Scholes said on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast.

‘What the f**k. It’s so bad. Jesus, it’s embarrassing. Every game’s like the last game of the season. Just get off!’

Fellow former Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt added: ‘That’s pissing me off as well. A lap of honour after a draw…’

United twice trailed by two goals against Aston Villa but produced a spirited comeback to avoid a fifth defeat in ten Premier League games.

Gary Neville praised the ‘persistence’ of Carrick’s side but was also critical of the post-match scenes, claiming the players are ‘almost causing themselves emotional damage’.

‘You have got to admire their persistence, they kept going,’ Neville told NBC Sports. ‘The defensive errors were shocking and we’ll discuss that shortly.

‘But this lap around the pitch… I played for Manchester United 602 times and I always appreciated the fans at the end of the game.

‘But this pattern of them walking around the pitch after defeats by Bournemouth and a 4-4 at home against Aston Villa, it’s almost painful to watch. They’re almost causing themselves emotional damage.

‘This just can’t go on, can it? It’s absolutely desperate. Michael will be proud of them and the fans are singing his name because they love him but this is a really sorry situation.’

The hierarchy at Old Trafford are currently reviewing Carrick’s position and weighing up whether to make a change during the international break.

Eddie Howe, Julian Nagelsmann and Antonio Conte have all been linked with the job, although Manchester United could yet show more faith in Carrick.

The Red Devils, sitting just one point above bottom place in the Premier League, return to action with a daunting trip to Anfield to face arch-rivals Liverpool.

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