Erik ten Hag called out for ’embarrassing’ Man Utd selection and admits ‘nothing could be worse’ than bold pick

ERIK TEN HAG was called out by Jamie Carragher for his “embarrassing” decision to play Casemiro at centre-back.

The Brazilian midfielder started in United’s backline that went into the break 2-0 down at Crystal Palace.

And the former Real Madrid star was slammed for his defending for Palace’s opener, scored by Michael Olise.

Carragher said: “Listen, he’s playing out of position tonight, but this has got nothing to do with playing out of position.

“That could be in a holding midfield role. That is is embarrassing. They need to bring him come off. He needs to come off the pitch.

“Honestly, nothing can be worse than Casemiro playing centre-back in this second.”

Carragher called for right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka to fill in at centre-half with Casemiro benched.

Ten Hag was forced to play the midfielder in defence due to injuries riddling his backline.

Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Raphael Varane, Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw, Willy Kambwala and Tyrell Malacia were all out.

Despite Carragher’s substitution plea, Casemiro remained on the pitch.

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And things went from bad to worse in the second half as Tyrick Mitchell made it 3-0.

Casemiro was then at fault for the fourth goal as he failed to make a simple clearance which allowed Olise to strike outside the box.

And his effort sailed past Andre Onana, who came under fire for failing to keep the shot out.