‘Behave yourself’ - Schmeichel lashes out at Manchester United’s Antony

PREMIER LEAGUE ‘Behave yourself’ - Schmeichel lashes out at Manchester United’s Antony

Kiplagat Sang • 14:54 - 05.05.2023

The Brazilian was lucky not to receive a red card as United failed to win points to consolidate their top four position.

Peter Schmeichel expressed his frustration with Manchester United’s Antony for his reaction during a Premier League match on Thursday.

Antony’s actions angered the former Red Devils' custodian, who told the Brazilian to ‘behave himself’ and that his actions did not befit a player for the club.

The Dane further said the United forward was lucky not to be red-carded in a game that the away side lost in the later stages of the Amex duel.

Antony needlessly hacked down Alexis Mac Allister, the scorer of the 99th-minute penalty that downed United, with 20 minutes remaining before he squared up to Lewis Dunk, who took issue with the challenge.

"We had the incident with Antony where he went absolutely berserk and got a yellow card when he stood up to Lewis Dunk," Schmeichel told Premier League Productions.

"That was a clear foul on him, and it wasn’t given because it was the line that said we were playing, and that’s fair enough.

"But I don’t like the reaction; this is crazy, and he was a lucky, lucky boy staying on the pitch because that’s a red card, there’s no doubt about it.

"You cannot do that. And then he reacts like this. You cannot do that as a United player; you have to behave yourself. This is revenge; you don’t do that, you cannot do that in a game of football."

Meanwhile, Brighton’s manager, Roberto De Zerbi, was relieved that his side finally got a win over United, who eliminated them from the FA Cup after a semi-final penalty shootout.

"I think there is a god of football because we deserved to win in the semi-final and we lost on penalties, here we won with a penalty for us. Both games I think we played better than United, and the last result was unfair," said De Zerbi.

"We played a fantastic game, we dominated the game against one incredible team, one great team. But I think my players deserved to win."

As the loss was a setback to United’s top four finish, Brighton moved to sixth place.