Wenger blasted United's wingers.

Following Manchester United's humiliating 6-3 loss to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon, former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger lashed out at United's inability to deal with City in the wide areas of the field.

United, who entered the Etihad Stadium on a roll after winning their previous four Premier League matches in a row, were completely outclassed by their cross-city rivals and found themselves trailing 4-0 at the break.

City made it abundantly clear that they were going to attempt to target United's right-flank as a weakness. This was highlighted by the fact that Diogo Dalot was shown a yellow card within the first two minutes of the match after bringing down Grealish. Additionally, City threatened up the right side of the field, thanks to Phil Foden's ability to outmaneuver Tyrell Malacia.

However, in defense of United's starting full-backs, I would like to point out that neither of them received a significant amount of support from the wingers Jadon Sancho and Antony who played in front of them. They rarely tracked back to help stop the attacking bombardment coming from the wide areas, and when they did, it was only occasionally.

According to Wenger, the two players mentioned above did not contribute adequately to the defensive efforts of their teammates. In addition to this, he questioned why Christian Eriksen appeared to be the man tasked with marking the formidable Erling Haaland prior to City's second goal, even though Ten Hag later confirmed that this was not part of the plan. He also questioned why City's first goal was scored. that was, for me, unbelievable in that first half was that Manchester United had defended so poorly on the flanks," said Wenger while speaking on beIN Sports at the half time. He was referring to Manchester United's play on the wing. "A yellow card was shown to Dalot in the first minute of play, and neither Sancho nor Antony made any contributions defensively.

"They were in constant danger throughout the entire half due to the flooding that occurred on the flanks of the field. After that, when they had possession of the ball, I got the impression that they were overly concerned with adhering to the game plan. They wanted to advance the play too quickly, but they ended up losing a lot of balls, and they didn't have enough of it.

"However, they did not play for possession; rather, their sole objective was to rush forward on the counterattack. The only thing I can say in their favor is that they gave up the second goal when Raphael Varane was out with an injury. This is the only thing I can say in their favor.

"When I saw that [Christian] Eriksen was marking Haaland, you had to worry for United," I said. "When I saw that [Christian] Eriksen was marking Haaland." Because of this, I think the score is 4-0, and if Manchester City keeps up their current pace of play, they could easily extend their lead in the second half.