‘It’s been an absolute disaster’ – Scholes laments Manchester United’s torrid night in Europa League exit to Sevilla

Paul Scholes lamented a torrid night for Manchester United after they were dumped out by Sevilla following a 3-0 Europa League quarter-final, second-leg defeat. Youssef En-Nesyri's brace and a goal for Loic Bade gave the six-time winners of this competition a 5-2 aggregate victory following a 2-2 first-leg draw at Old Trafford, and the United legend was left to rue a catalogue of defensive errors from Erik ten Hag’s side. Ad Scholes told BT Sport: “I'd say that the tie should have been done after the first half of the first leg.

Europa LeagueRoma, Juve and Bayer into Europa League semi-finals32 MINUTES AGO “If you look at the two games, the two own goals they gave away in the first leg and the two calamitous goals tonight, it's been an absolute disaster of a quarter-final. “We always mention the history of this club; I still feel Manchester United are a better team than Sevilla, but tonight they were outfought and outplayed, lacked the ability to take the ball and were sloppy. “They lacked aggression in their own play.

You turn to experienced players on nights like this to try and get some leadership from them. (Lisandro) Martinez missing tonight was a big miss, as was (Raphael) Varane, but you still expected those two (Victor Lindelof and Harry Maguire) to come in with great experience to be good enough. “Tonight, they weren't and it's made Ten Hag make his mind up on a few of these players.” Scholes looked at the first goal in particular when David de Gea’s short pass put Harry Maguire in trouble and En-Nesyri pounced to net his first of the game, and lamented the shot-stopper’s lack of quality on the ball.