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Cape Town - Manchester United fans have hit out at defender Ashley Young after a horror display by the defender in his side's 1-0 home defeat to Barcelona in a Champions League quarter-final, first-leg on Wednesday.
Man United have another monumental task on their hands in the Champions League after Luke Shaw's own goal gave Barcelona a first leg lead with the home side recording zero shots on target.
Shaw turned Luis Suarez's header into his own net after just 12 minutes and despite being far from their best, Barca comfortably held out to edge towards a first Champions League semi-final in four years.
Barcelona looked comfortable for large parts of the game and finished with 68% of possession as Man United struggled to trouble their Spanish opponents.
Defender, Ashley Young had a display to forget as the right-back who played as a right-sided centre-back in a back three struggled to hold onto possession.
Fans took to Twitter to lambast the England international calling his performance one of the worst ever in the Champions League.
Tonight, Ashley Young lost possession a total of 32 times and attempted 11 crosses with 0 meeting their target. No player on the pitch lost possession more or had a worse crossing rate than him. pic.twitter.com/hOrObBQ3J3
— UtdArena. (@utdarena) April 10, 2019
Ashley Young attempted 11 crosses against Barcelona.
— bet365 (@bet365) April 10, 2019
Not a single one found a Manchester United player. pic.twitter.com/ZDMLL9tDwI
Ashley Young's first-half:
— bet365 (@bet365) April 10, 2019
72.7% pass accuracy
4 crosses (0 accurate)
1 throw-in to a Barcelona player
1 shot from outside the box
1 foul
0 key passes pic.twitter.com/AzbV7Y2P1q
Ashley Young is the worst.
— AKA (@akaworldwide) April 10, 2019
Ashley Young. I can't handle it.
— Liam Canning (@LiamPaulCanning) April 10, 2019
Ashley Young highlight ???????????? pic.twitter.com/0JwyNkV889
— Big Dunc (@Duncanreddevil) April 10, 2019
Barcelona defenders every time Ashley Young whips in a cross: pic.twitter.com/IyhZQnUpMl
— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) April 10, 2019
Ashley Young is one of the worst players in the PL our right hand side is a graveyard ?? Otherwise decent half! #MUNBAR
— Rants (@rantsnbants) April 10, 2019
Barcelona’s Man of the Match: Ashley Young.
— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) April 10, 2019
The way smart teams operate against United: let Ashley Young have the ball
— Alex Terrell (@alxterrell) April 10, 2019
I just cannot understand how Ashley Young still starts.
— ? (@UtdRobbo) April 10, 2019
I get why he's at the club and in the dressing room but how he genuinely captains Manchester United against the likes of Barcelona is beyond me.
Finished. #MUFC pic.twitter.com/sca3jNaE6y
Imagine being a mascot being told you're standing next to one of the captain's in this match...
— BenchWarmers (@BeWarmers) April 10, 2019
Then you get told you're standing next to Ashley Young rather than Messi...
Poor kid... #MUNBAR pic.twitter.com/KHjYahxlHC
Incredible how Ashley Young still can't cross a ball after over a decade of football on the wings #mufc
— Patriot (@PatriotOfori) April 11, 2019
Best news of the night, Ashley Young didn't pick up a yellow tonight which means he WON'T be suspended for the 2nd leg. Phew.
— TalkFCB (@FCBNewsRoom) April 10, 2019
What is Ashley Young actually half decent at these days? Couldn't cross the street let alone the ball
— Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge) April 10, 2019
