Peter Schmeichel slams Manchester United star for ‘jogging’ before Brentford’s stoppage-time equaliser

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel slammed Aaron Wan-Bissaka for his role in Brentford’s stoppage-time equaliser on Saturday night.

The Reds performed abysmally against Brentford and were fortunate not to fall to defeat, despite scoring the opening goal in the 96th minute through Mason Mount.

However, Thomas Frank’s side hung on after the late blow to provide one of their own as Kirstoff Ajer converted a much-deserved equaliser.

Speaking after the game, Schmeichel said (via The Mirror): “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 focussing 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.”

Wan-Bissaka is not the only player worthy of criticism on Saturday night, but Schmeichel decided to point the finger of blame at the full-back.

It was the same old story with Marcus Rashford and he was playing on the same flank as Wan-Bissaka. As a team, we must do better to get back into the Champions League for next season.

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