Man Utd legend urges Ten Hag to take drastic action against 'embarrassing' Bruno

Former Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra has urged Erik ten Hag to take drastic action against Bruno Fernandes if the Red Devils skipper doesn't break his bad 'habit'.

Fernandes was the subject of much criticism following United's 7-0 defeat at Liverpool and Evra believes Ten Hag must nip his bad behavior and attitude in the bud.

The former United left-back says the Dutch boss should consider dropping the United captain.

"Honestly, it was embarrassing. I don't just want to choose Bruno, I love Bruno as a player, but his body language, it's not the first game it was like that. And I sometimes see you arguing with players,” he told Vibe with Five.

"He has this thing and he has to get rid of it. Paul Pogba had that too at Juventus, and Allegri put him on the bench because of it. Sometimes it's a habit, sometimes it's not It's not like Bruno is a bad person or anything, it's just a habit.

"I feel like no manager taught him that you can't do that. As Rio can tell you, I remember when Nani wasn't crossing the ball to Wayne [Rooney], you you remember how Wayne was screaming.

“That's when the fans started to hate Nani a bit. So me, when I see that body language, as a manager, those players won't play in my team. 'they're good, because it's disrespectful, they give up.'

Red Devils legend Gary Neville also slammed the 28-year-old for his antics on Sunday.

"You can have a bad game, this place can do that to you sometimes, we've seen that throughout history, but there were signs in that second half and things that I seen in that second half which was a disgrace,” Neville told Sky Sports.

"I have to start with Bruno Fernandes because I'm tired of him throwing my arms at his teammates. I'm tired of him not backing down. He's making fun of everyone. Get down - he has been pushed down into his chest and down holding his face.

"He has to implement a captain's performance there, it was not a captain's performance by a Manchester United player. Erik ten Hag will treat them very harshly in the next 24, 48 hours.

"He's done that a few times this season, and hopefully normal service will be back by the end of next week, but they need to own that performance today and they need to own that result because that they've lost seven zeros at Anfield wearing a Manchester United shirt - it's a shame."

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