Alan Shearer calls out three players in "pathetic" moment which sums up Man Utd

Alan Shearer launched into Bruno Fernandes, Rasmus Hojlund and Diogo Dalot for their first-half performances in Manchester United's draw with Everton.

United fell two goals down in the opening 45 minutes at Goodison Park on Saturday. The visitors struggled to match the Toffees' desire for the ball and did not even have a shot on target.

Shearer was left furious with United's pressing in particular, taking aim at the aforementioned trio. He was unhappy with how Diogo Dalot stood off Everton winger Jack Harrison for one Toffees attack.

He then singled Hojlund and Fernandes for their 'hopeless' pressing of Everton in the build-up to Abdoulaye Doucoure's goal. The Newcastle legend branded the visitors 'Confused.com' as he raised major concerns over their standards of play.

"Watch Man United, watch this, I mean this is pathetic. You've got players who are walking. There's no point in going in ones and twos, look at the space Everton have got to play in. Look at Harrison, look at Garner," Shearer told Match of the Day.

"Both wanting the ball, both wanting to receive the ball. And if they get it, Dalot is eight yards off. Why aren't you one yard off and if they get it, putting a crunching tackle in? Then the run of Garner at will, at ease.

"All of sudden they're into your back three. Same thing again, you go from left to right, take two touches, three touches, pick your head up, pick your pass, go wherever you want because it's so easy for you, because no one's working.

"To me it's Confused.com. I'm not sure they know what they're doing in there. Look at the effort or lack of it. Everton's second goal is the worst one of the lot. Watch this from Bruno Fernandes, when Doucoure gets the ball. Seriously is that the best you can do?

"Take a touch, play in behind and Everton get the goal which they really deserve. So the difference between the two teams and for 72 minutes Man United were hopeless. I look at some of the players and they're really struggling."

United boss Ruben Amorim has worryingly admitted that he is at a loss as to how to turn his side around. He fumed at their performance as he conceded the Red Devils have 'many problems'.

“I don't know what I need to do to bring more consistency. If I knew, I would change it," he said after the Everton draw. “We have to continue to think in the next game, everything we do in the week we have to use it in the game.

"If we do that, we are near to winning games like we did in the second half. In this moment we need to focus on day by day. We need to survive this season, and then to think ahead. We have so many problems."

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