Cascarino: Shocking Defending

Tony Cascarino believes Manchester United's defending against Leicester City on Sunday was shocking.

The Red Devils lost 5-3 to Leicester at the King Power Stadium, conceding four goals to the Foxes with no response after leading 3-1.

Cascarino told the Morning View on Sky Sports News HQ that he feels United lack a commanding centre-back.

''Defensively United were shocking," he said. "They had flair and they can outscore teams. 'There’s no doubt United will win games this season by scoring four and the oppositions might get two or three.

''Some of the goals they were giving away… Gary Neville said they were ‘soft’, that’s being kind because centre-half’s go off to win a ball and sometimes we saw two people challenging for the same ball.

''You want somebody commanding the area, that leads and they go for it.

''It’s like when a goalkeeper comes and picks things out of the air. When you’re a centre-half, you know your goalkeeper will take pressure off you. The Man United defenders were too close together and they lacked everything. The pace and the ability to read things were just so poor.''

Alan Curbishley agreed with Cascarino, and he believes that whoever wins the Premier League title will be the best defensively.

He said: ''The team that wins the Premier League will be the team with the best defensive record and I think that will be Chelsea because we know Jose Mourinho works very hard defensively and gets criticised for it somewhat.

''It seems to me that at the moment defending has gone out of the Premier League, which is great for the fans and everybody else because there’s all these goals going in. But when you start analysing some of them, they’re so bad in some respects.''

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