Paul Scholes deletes bizarre Sandro Tonali post after Newcastle United beat Man United
Paul Scholes sarcastically hit out at Michael Carrick after Newcastle United beat Manchester United.
Paul Scholes has bizarrely taken aim at former Manchester United teammate Michael Carrick.
And in a now-deleted Instagram post, the Red Devils legend paid tribute to Newcastle United talisman Sandro Tonali. The Magpies made it four wins and a draw from their last five home games against Man United.
Will Osula’s stoppage-time stunner dragged 10-man Newcastle over the line. With the victory, Eddie Howe inflicted Carrick’s first defeat as Man United interim manager.
Paul Scholes bizarre post
Red Devils legend Scholes took a sarcastic swipe at Carrick - a former teammate of seven years - at the full-time whistle. He wrote: "Michael has definitely got something special about him...cos Utd have been c*** last four games...night."
Underneath his post, he also wrote “Tonali” alongside a love-heart emoji. Scholes previously called the Italian the best midfielder in the Premier League.
‘We deserved to win’ - Eddie Howe
There was no debate in Howe’s mind as to which side deserved all three points. He said post-match: "An amazing night. It was a great performance all the way through. 11 vs 11 or 11 vs 10. I thought we deserved to win.
"The main emotion was trying to work out how we'd play in that second half. We wanted to regroup. I thought Jacob Ramsey's sending off was really harsh. I don't think he's looking for a penalty there.”
Michael Carrick credits Newcastle United
"We are not happy the way we played tonight,” Carrick told TNT Sports. “The way the game panned out we had it in our hands largely but credit to Newcastle and they way they approached it, we knew it would be tough but we navigated the game to a position where we could kick on but we didn't. Bitterly disappointed really.
"I don't think it was the 10 men, we just didn't play good enough. We can't make excuses for that. We all take responsibility for that. It was just the quality of the performance, it wasn't character or wanting to win, it's easy to throw that just because you don't win a game of football,
"Newcastle deserved to win tonight, it hurts me to say that. That is how it was. We need to get back to work and be better for the next game. We've lost one game, we haven't played well enough but in the grand scheme of things we are in a decent position. Tonight hurts but we will be better for the next one.
"You have to get back at it, work hard and do the things we did to win the games we've won. We can do that, we are a good team, tonight wasn't for us. We have to learn from it and get better for it. We had a lot of praise lately and the boys deserve it, this doesn't change how we approach the next game. We've got everything to play for."