Alan Shearer: “I Would Love to Play Against Manchester United’s Defence”

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The former Newcastle and Blackburn striker was on punditry duty for BBC Sports last night for the 5th round of the FA cup between Manchester United vs West Ham with Ian Wright and Gary Lineker and the record goal scorer for Newcastle wasn’t impressed with Man United’s this season.

“There’s just far too much space. As a forward, you would look forward to playing against Manchester United because you know you’re going to get chances because they’re all over the place.

“People pointing, not tracking runners, people not picking up in the box and people not closing down crosses and balls going into the box without any pressure on the ball to try and stop it and not working hard enough to stop that cross, to close that player down.”

“They will have concerns as well, that is a weakness of theirs and they have no chance of being a successful team unless this improves and improves massively,” the Englishman told BBC Sport.

“They’ve conceded 30 goals this season in the Premier League – nobody has conceded more than them in the top nine. Fulham have got 31 goals against, and they’re in the bottom three.

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