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A BAFFLED Thierry Henry admitted he has “never seen” what Leny Yoro did against Newcastle.
The teenage French defender played the full 90 minutes at St James’ Park on Sunday.
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Sky SportsThe Magpies ran riot with a thumping 4-1 victory over Ruben Amorim’s sorry Red Devils.
But it was what Yoro, 19, did after the third Newcastle goal – Harvey Barnes’ second – that dumbfounded Henry.
Barnes pounced on Noussair Mazraoui’s slip before bursting through three United defenders and firing into the top corner.
United trio Manuel Ugarte, Victor Lindelof and Christian Eriksen all slumped their heads in dejection.
But for some reason, Yoro looked across to the assistant referee – seemingly wanting a flag.
There was no suggestion of a foul for the slip and it could not be offside, so Yoro’s hopeful stare was purely in vain.
But compatriot Henry was not impressed.
Speaking on Monday Night Football, the ex-Arsenal striker said: “Look at Yoro and what he is asking for.
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“I don’t know why… I don’t know what he is looking at.
“You’re looking at the linesman trying to see if he is going to bail you out… on what I don’t know.
“I don’t know if he thought there was an offside, I don’t know if he thought that someone – I – we – I don’t know.
“We all know it’s a goal. What are you looking at?
“I actually don’t know. I’ve never seen that before.
“We all know it’s a goal.”
Jamie Carragher suggested Henry’s exaggerated facial expression would become a viral meme.
‘PATHETIC STUFF’
But fans were unhappy with the piece of punditry from the legendary forward and felt it was mocking Yoro.
One said: “I like Henry but this is nonsense. Frozen a clip just to make a cheap joke on a young centre half. If Yoro plays for Fulham or Palace they wouldn’t dream of using this ‘analysis’.”
Another wrote: “What kind of analysis is this? I rate Henry’s punditry but this ain’t it!”
A third replied: “Dragging a youngster and being performative just because he’s got the taste for being a viral meme now. Pathetic stuff.”
A fourth commented: “This is proper weird from Henry, going after a young lad in this way is just odd, especially when you see defenders do this after every goal I’ve ever seen. Probably scripted to get the clicks which has obviously worked.”
And a final user typed: “Defenders often instinctively look to linesmen. Henry knows this. Just pandering to the crowd for the sake of tearing apart a teenager over a freeze frame.”
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MANCHESTER UNITED’S worst ever Premier League season was confirmed with a 4-1 defeat to Newcastle.
The Red Devils are now guaranteed to finish on less than 56 points, which is their lowest ever Prem total.
And they can only get that high if they win ALL of their last six games.
If they’re not careful, they could even finish 17th – just one spot above the marooned bottom three.
It was another dark day that reflects a poor campaign for United as Newcastle carved them open with ease in the second-half.
Ruben Amorim dropped keeper Andre Onana after his horror show against Lyon midweek.
But stand-in Altay Bayindir had a game to forget too.
Sandro Tonali’s volley, a double by Harvey Barnes and a Bruno Guimaraes finish cancelled out Alejandro Garnacho’s goal.
Here is how SunSport’s Gary Stonehouse rated the United performances…
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