Mason Greenwood accused of "cheating" in Man Utd's 5-0 defeat by Liverpool

Paul Scholes has accused Mason Greenwood of "cheating" during Manchester United's 5-0 defeat by bitter rivals Liverpool.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Red Devils were battered in every area of the pitch at Old Trafford on Sunday as Jurgen Klopp's men ran riot.

United are currently the subject of much scrutiny with Solskjaer bearing the brunt of the criticism.

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But Red Devils legend Scholes has highlighted a moment from the game that shows, in his opinion, Greenwood "cheated" his Man United teammates and effectively "ruined the whole team."

The moment Scholes is referring to is Greenwood's positioning and movement for Liverpool's opening goal, scored by Mohamed Salah.

Paul Scholes has accused Mason Greenwood of cheating ( Image:

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"Tactically it was bad today, really bad," Scholes told Premier League Productions.

"But on the other side of that players have got to have some kind of common sense as well. You think about Mason [Greenwood] in that first instance going to close him down, that was almost cheating.

"He knew he wasn't going to get the ball and he knew it looks like he was going to close him down but he knew he was just going to pass it and he can't do anything.

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"It's almost a cheating way of sprinting to him, they pass it and then he has a little walk back because he thought, 'I've done my bit'.

"But he hasn't done his bit, he's ruined the whole team, all the team get pulled out of position, [Aaron] Wan-Bissaka has to come out, [Victor] Lindelof ends up at right-back, then there's all of the space in the middle.

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"All of a sudden, from Mason not doing his job properly, the team attacking, Salah played Keita in, he could've played Alexander-Arnold in, he could've played Robertson in.

"It was ridiculous the way it happened, sometimes players have got to use their common sense."