The midfielder didn't provide an equivalent creative spark as Bruno Fernandes or Paul Pogba but his manager was pleased together with his contribution
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has defended the performance of Donny van de Beek within the FA Cup convert West Ham after Mark Hughes suggested that the Dutchman's slow start to life at the club is right down to a scarcity of trust from his team-mates.
The Red Devils recorded a 1-0 extra-time convert the Hammers within the FA Cup on Tuesday night, with £35 million (€39m/$46m) summer signing Van de Beek having been given the prospect to tug the strings from midfield before a rested Bruno Fernandes.
The 23-year-old was eventually replaced by the Portuguese after 73 minutes following a largely ineffective performance and Hughes feels that more quality must be shown if Van de Beek is to become a key player for Solskjaer.
What has Hughes said?
“You just sense… it's like they don’t trust him with the ball yet,” three-time FA Cup winner Hughes told talkSPORT of Van de Beek.
“I haven’t seen an excellent deal of movement, I haven’t seen little movements to urge in pockets of space, albeit you think that’s the player he's and people are the areas he wants to figure in.
“He’s been disappointing again. He’s playing for Manchester United, an enormous club, he needs to show quiet he’s showing at the instant.
“You want to offer the boy an opportunity, and he probably feels a touch aggrieved that he hasn’t had a run of games, he’s probably feeling a touch hard done by. But you've got to mention, given what he’s produced within the time he’s had, he doesn’t deserve quite that.
“So he needs to show more.”
What did Solskjaer say?
The United boss was more forgiving of his performance, however, telling reporters after the match: “I thought within the half, we and Donny played rather well.
“We created spaces and he was a part of that. He did his job neat and tidy, had a half-chance. within the last half, the entire team fell off a touch bit, and that we just wanted to form a couple of changes.”
As well as Van de Beek, Solskjaer took time in his news conference to praise Dean Henderson and Mason Greenwood.
“Mason did rather well,” Solskjaer said. “He played well managing his minutes, played the last three [games]. Anthony [Martial] played a game the opposite week and that we wanted him to finish the sport.
“I always hope our keeper features a quiet night once we play and most of the time it's happened that way.
“Today [Henderson] was clearing everything, aside from the last header. As a keeper, David [De Gea] has been wont to this for years; to stay concentrated, keep your eye on the ball, then suddenly one moment comes up and you've got to form a save. Hopefully, that is the way for several years.”
What were Van de Beek's stats vs West Ham?
The Goal view | Charlotte Duncker | Man Utd correspondent
If there was any doubt over just how important Bruno Fernandes is to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side, it had been made painfully obvious as Manchester United struggled to interrupt down West Ham, who put all 11 men behind the ball.
Of course, United has had problems in the past with teams that sit during a low block and, as these two sides slogged it call at the snow, there was no impetus, no spark, and no creativity. There was no Bruno.
Fernandes had been given a rest as Solskjaer rotated his players, making six changes from the 3-3 draw with Everton, but they missed the Portuguese, badly. the sole surprising thing was that Solskjaer waited until the 73rd minute to bring him on.
And it came as no surprise in the least to ascertain the amount 34 flashes abreast of the substitutes' board. Van de Beek’s night was over.
Frustrating is perhaps the word that best sums up the 23-year-old’s time at Old Trafford thus far. it has been frustrating from his perspective because he'll feel he is not been given as many chances as he would have expected.
But United also is entitled to feel frustrated, given Van de Beek hasn't made the foremost of the probabilities he has been afforded. Tuesday night has got to go down as another missed opportunity.
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