EPL: Scholes blames Pogba for Martial’s poor performance in Man United’s 3-2 loss to Brighton

Manchester United midfielder, Paul Scholes has blamed Paul Pogba for Anthony Martial’s poor performance against Brighton on Sunday.

He said Martial’s under performance was due to lack of supply from Pogba and the rest of the Manchester United midfield.

Martial was withdrawn from the match after an hour at the Amex having struggled to make an impression in the 3-2 defeat.

The French was drafted in after Alexis Sanchez picked up an injury in training.

Scholes said Pogba needed to do more to get his compatriot involved in the game.

“When you’re 3-1 down, your first thought then is, “we’ve got to score goals, we have to score goals. Where’s the urgency?’ Scholes said on Optus Sport.

“As a midfield player for Man United, your job is to get the ball to your best players who can hurt [the opposition].

“But the Man United midfield players could never do it. They couldn’t get a ball in to Lukaku, they couldn’t get a ball in to Martial and they couldn’t get a ball in to Rashford when he came on.

“There’s lack of leaders in the team, that’s why we thought Paul Pogba might be the ideal candidate to be that leader but he wasn’t there tonight. He had another really poor game. He’s so inconsistent.’

“You over complicate games. You have to get the ball to the players who can beat a man, who can win games for you.

“Lukaku can do it. Martial can do it. Martial, in that first half – what was he on for? 55 minutes? An hour? He got one ball down the left-hand side in the first half.

“And he absolutely flew past the right-back. I can’t remember another time when you get the ball to him.

“You get a ball in midfield, they’re playing the ball backwards, Paul Pogba is playing the ball out of play, he’s over-hitting passes, hitting passes short, he’s getting caught in possession.”