Paul Scholes has descended on Manchester United’s stars, stating that their defending was “like under-10s football” after they gifted calamitous goals during their defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League.

The Turkish club beat the Red Devils 2-1 to claim their first ever victory in Champions League football.

United went forward en masse for an early corner and kept nobody back to guard against their Turkish hosts’ counter-attacking. As soon as United lost the ball, Edin Visca pumped a long ball upfield from inside his own penalty area and Demba Ba was able to run unchecked from inside his own half before beating Dean Henderson.

“That’s completely down to organisation,” Scholes said.

“At a corner you surely always have someone back on the halfway line.”

Speaking on BT Sport, former United midfield general Scholes pointed to assistant manager Mike Phelan telling Nemanja Matic that he should have been covering the possible break.

“It’s like under-10s football,” Scholes said. “You can understand it if it’s the last minute and you’re going for a goal.”

This took place in the 12th minute, however, and for Scholes there was no excuse.

“It’s embarrassing,” Scholes said. “What the back four were doing, I’ve no idea. Defensively they’ve got to take responsibility. You’ve got to defend one-v-ones at times at Manchester United and they seem incapable of doing it.”

Fellow former United midfielder Owen Hargreaves was equally baffled by the blunder from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.

“I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a goal like it,” Hargreaves said. “The problem is the players are waiting for a cross that doesn’t really materialize and they never really get back. One ball up the pitch and Demba Ba’s in on his own.”

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