Micah Richards has hit out at Man Utd manager Erik ten Hag for criticising England boss Gareth Southgate s tactics during the Three Lions win over Serbia on Sunday.
defeated Serbia in their opening Group C match at Euro 2024 thanks to a good first-half performance, with a Jude Bellingham header giving Southgate s side a narrow lead at the break.
The Three Lions held on in the second half after surrendering some control of the game to the Serbians but they could ve extended their lead if Harry Kane had converted a brilliant Jarrod Bowen cross.
Speaking about England s performance, Man Utd boss Ten Hag said: England were playing very passive.
I actually saw them moving backwards, they kept Serbia coming at them. It’s the vision of the manager [Southgate].
England will take a 1-0 lead, then he [Southgate] decides to start gambling with making his team compact and relying on moments for the remaining minutes of the game.
But former Man City defender Richards thinks Ten Hag should think about criticising another manager after his comments about the media over the course of the season.
Glass houses, to start with, .
We basically had this conversational in the FA Cup final and now he’s being a pundit talking about how managers are playing in a negative fashion.
When we talk about Man United and they’ve not had a good season because of where they’ve finished in the league, he bites at us!
It’s ridiculous! We’ve backed him so many times, saying the way he’s been treated has not been great and now he’s talking about other managers, it’s a lack of respect. It’s a lack of respect.
Former England striker Alan Shearer thought England were really poor in the second half of but has acknowledged the Three Lions usually start slowly in tournaments.
Shearer added: I was surprised in the second half how far we went back.
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