Man Utd

2022 - 10 - 28

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'He has to keep doing it' - Fred defends Man Utd teammate Anthony ... (Goal.com)

Fred was quick to defend his Manchester United and Brazil teammate Antony who came under fire for showboating against Sheriff in the Europa League.

Despite being substituted soon after, Ten Hag revealed that he was always planning to take off his big-money signing. I think he has to keep doing it." Significant [criticism was aimed at the 22-year-old](https://www.goal.com/en/news/man-utd-winger-antony-ridiculous-for-pointless-spin-move-claims-scholes/bltc63f76c818208d51) for a rather pointless pair of 360-degree spins under no pressure from opposing defenders - with Paul Scholes even referring to him as a "clown" - and [Erik ten Hag faced questions about his showboating after the match](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/will-correct-him-ten-hag-antony-showboating-functional/blt50c156b47559c6de). So it wasn’t offensive to anyone what he did. So I think people have to understand this aspect that we have. WHAT HE SAID: “I think it starts with us being Brazilians," the United midfielder said.

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Man United's Antony spins on ball, puts internet in a twist (ESPN Australia)

Manchester United successfully qualified for the knockout stage of the Europa League with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Sheriff Tiraspol, though the game ...

[@GWijnaldum]combine to great effect 🔥 [pic.twitter.com/vSTdW26OJr] [December 5, 2019] [Liverpool](/football/team?id=364) star [Roberto Firmino](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/147234/Roberto-Firmino) has carved himself a nice little niche as a principal exponent of the impudent ["no-look pass." [the Dutchman said after the game](/football/manchester-united-engman_utd/story/4783227/manchester-uniteds-erik-ten-hag-ready-to-correct-tricks-by-antony). Plenty of creative players -- many of them Brazilian -- have made a trick their own throughout the years. "We demand more dominance in this game and when there is a trick like that, it's nice. Fellow former United alumni Robbie Savage also lambasted the 720-degree carousel as "embarrassing" while commentating on the game. [Manchester United](/football/team?id=360) successfully qualified for the knockout stage of the Europa League with [a comfortable 3-0 victory](/football/report?gameId=652756) over Sheriff Tiraspol, though the game didn't pass entirely without dispute. [pic.twitter.com/CDPfAVbjjr] [October 27, 2022] Probably not even very difficult to do in the first place. 🤔 [pic.twitter.com/KSjnnsU3qB] [October 27, 2022] [pic.twitter.com/eVRfppv28d] [October 28, 2022] [pic.twitter.com/KAGDkM70rH] [October 28, 2022] [pic.twitter.com/ZdvjHP3iQV] [October 27, 2022]

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