Gustavo Hofman joins ESPN FC’s Herculez Gomez and Sebastian Salazar on Futbol Americas to react to Casemiro’s performance in Manchester United’s 3-0 loss to Liverpool.

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  1. Sure he made a mistake but why is he being the scapegoat? So if he didn't slip Bruno/Rashford would play good? rofl. lets point the obvious, Enlgish media only focus on this guy because he is Brazilian. Rashford doing nothing, Bruno sucked and did nothing… Onana should've saved that Salah goal if it was De gea he would've saved it…

  2. There has been so many negative reactions after Casemiro had another underwhelming performance against Liverpool at the weekend and I guess that Jamie Carragher wasn’t wrong when he said that the football has left him. Anyways, he was responsible for 2 of the 3 goals that Manchester United as he gave the ball away in poor areas and he produced one of the worst performances I’ve seen from a player in the first half of a game and he was so bad to the point where he was subbed off at half time for an unknown player. People want to point fingers solely at the player for this defeat and I agree that he’s completely washed and he dropped a stinker once again, the rest of the team as a whole was poor as they didn’t play with any sort of cohesion and despite having a couple of chances, they didn’t even look like scoring and overall there has to be some question marks surrounding Erik ten Hag’s team selection and him continuously picking certain players despite being out of form. This is another reason why they’re one of the worst coached teams in the premier league. Based off of his performances last season as much as people can say that he was playing as a center back, he wasn’t any better in his natural position, how poor he was in preseason and he was decent in the first couple of games of the season, as a manager it should be obvious that he’s not at the standard of playing for Manchester United anymore and he doesn’t make a difference in big games in a way he used to as he’s the one who sees all of this in training and on the pitch, yet he continues starting him. He is being badly exposed and if he isn’t great on the ball he’s losing aerial duels and is getting outran in midfield, that makes him a passenger and a liability in the team when he won’t do anything on the pitch and doesn’t the manager have eyes. No one becomes a bad player overnight where in a span of 18 months, you can go from being world class to finished and unfortunately Manchester United are capable of making great players look average and at times I feel for him.

    Last summer, he was supposed to be sold to Saudi Arabia unfortunately I don’t know if any of those clubs went after him and you can’t blame them on that, the only thing they should be blamed for is paying 80 million on a 30 year old defensive midfielder and he gave them only one elite season and things have gone downhill since and he has forgotten how to play football. With the arrival of Manuel Ugarte on top off his disaster class, with all due respect to Casemiro, ten Hag has to drop him as his eyes cannot be blind and thinks that he can truly get back to his best form because he’s not reliable anymore and I don’t want to slander him, but the manager has to do what’s best for the team and pick players who are in form not based off of their past achievements there’s a feeling that he’s only playing because of his name and this time around, I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s still starting as in this situation, a proper manager would’ve benched him by now.

  3. Yes, blame all it on casemiro. As if he played alone against Liverpool. The whole team sacks. He is just the scapegoat. You win as a team, and you lose as a team. See Liverpool how they played as a team.

  4. Hes a strp slower but you have to question the tactics. Losing the ball in midfield shouldnt result in am automatic chance for the opponent. The positioning of the team was shocking to watch on each goal.

  5. After analyzing the game, the 4 2 3 1 does not suite him, he is more of a CDM: covering the spaces, on the back ready when both cms have been passed, someone strong in the air. A 4-3-3 is more his style. I do think Ten Hag got it wrong. But again the defense was trash, Rashford cant pass no defender, No creativity.

  6. LONG LIVE CASEMIRO. The first "mistake" Casemiro passed to a teammate who turned away from him a nanosecond before Casemiro hit the pass so it went behind his teammate. Not a "mistake." What a joke!! Shut up, Casemiro Haters.

  7. I love this team. It's like The Wicker Man united. What veteran star are they going to sign next to save their. Modric? "Please come save our team Modric." "AAAAH THE BEES. THEY'RE IN MY EYES." No wonder the tickets are so expensive. I want to see that.

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