Peter Schmeichel on Antony’s Behaviour: Erik ten Hag ‘Very Disappointed’

Peter Schmeichel was highly critical of Antony’s behaviour during Manchester United’s defeat against Brighton, warning the winger to ‘behave himself’. The Seagulls avenged their recent FA Cup semi-final loss with a dramatic late victory which keeps alive their hopes of European qualification. Alexis MacAllister’s 99th minute penalty ultimately proved decisive but Schmeichel felt Antony’s petulance acted as a catalyst for Brighton during the closing stages of the match. With 20 minutes remaining, Antony needlessly hacked down MacAllister and then squared up to Brighton centre-half Lewis Dunk who took issue with the Brazilian’s challenge. Schmeichel felt the former Ajax winger’s conduct was not befitting of a United player and his actions would have left Erik ten Hag bitterly disappointed. He told Premier League Productions: ‘We had the incident with Antony where he went absolutely berserk and got a yellow card when he stood up to Lewis Dunk. That was a clear foul on him and it wasn’t given because it was the line that said we were playing to today and that’s fair enough. It’s a foul and the linesman is only 10 yards away. But I don’t like the reaction, this is crazy and he is 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 Man Utd player you have to behave yourself. This is revenge you don’t do that, you cannot do that in a game of football. Ten Hag is very very disappointed and that even more so than the game being lost with one of his players reacting like that.’ Peter Schmeichel expressed his disapproval of Antony’s behaviour during Manchester United’s defeat against Brighton, claiming the winger was ‘lucky’ to avoid a red card. The Seagulls avenged their recent FA Cup semi-final loss with a dramatic late victory which keeps alive their hopes of European qualification. Schmeichel felt Antony’s petulance acted as a catalyst for Brighton during the closing stages of the match, as the Brazilian needlessly hacked down MacAllister and then squared up to Brighton centre-half Lewis Dunk. The former Ajax winger’s conduct was not befitting of a United player according to Schmeichel, and his actions would have left Erik ten Hag bitterly disappointed. He warned Antony to ‘behave himself’ and said that his reaction was ‘crazy’ and could have resulted in a red card. Ten Hag was reportedly very disappointed with his player’s behaviour, even more so than the game being lost.