Legendary former Manchester United goalkeeper, Peter Schmeichel has described Paul Pogba as 'a problem child' stressing that Manchester United will suffer if he continues to slow down the pace of games. He singled out Pogba for attack on Monday night after a disappointing 1-1 draw against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
In conversation with Stadium Astro, Schmeichel was frustrated with the all-round performance but highlighted Pogba, who was starting his first league match for a month, as one real area of concern.
'It was a really weird performance,' said Schmeichel, who is widely considered United's greatest ever goalkeeper.
"If Pogba is playing in this team he needs to speed it up a bit. He was seriously slowing it down, in the first 25 minutes just basically playing the ball backward. For a player of his calibre that was disappointing.
'I don't understand what his role in this team is. Even when Ole made the substitutions and put Pogba further forward, not a lot happened.
'There were two very good passes in the game from Pogba but it's two, it's not 15.
'And I see that as a problem. He takes up so much attention. It kind of feels like he's a problem child in this team.'
United took the lead through a stunner from Scott McTominay but were later pegged back when VAR stepped in to correctly award Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the equalising goal. Arsenal rose to fourth while United are sat in 10th following their worst start ever to a Premier League season.
