Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville admitted to having a 'sinking feeling' when the decision is made to take a short corner after Paul Scholes comments on Monday night.
During the Reds' 2-0 victory over Wigan Athletic in the third round of the FA Cup, United had a total of 12 corners. More often than not, Erik ten Hag's men chose to play the ball short rather than crossing into the area.
After numerous decisions to take a short corner, Scholes clearly felt enough was enough and posted to Instagram: "Short corners are s***." Neville chose to see the funny side on Tuesday morning, tweeting: "Well that's that!" However, soon afterwards the Sky Sports pundit ellaborated on his thoughts. "Whilst I wouldn’t go as far as Scholesy on short corners (particularly if the opposing team are giants)," he explained, "it’s always a sinking feeling when the CB’s (centre-backs) have gone up and you have 5-6 in the box and you see it played short and not whipped in." READ MORE: Scholes sends brutal X-rated message to Lingard READ MORE: Neville and Carragher pick Premier League teams of the season Ultimately, this patient build-up tactic would not cost United against their League One opponents as goals from Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes secured comfortable progression and a tie away at League Two Newport County or National League Eastleigh.
After the final whistle, Ten Hag reflected on ITV: "Oh definitely [United should have scored more]. "It would have been great to get more.