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Casemiro was criticised after Leandro Trossard made the breakthrough for Arsenal (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wayne Rooney accused Casemiro of \u2018laziness\u2019 and felt the makeshift defender was largely to blame for Leandro Trossard\u2019s goal in Arsenal\u2019s 1-0 victory over Manchester United.<\/p>\n

United started brightly but fell behind in the 20th minute as Ben White capitalised on a poor kick from Andre Onana and found Kai Havertz down the right flank. <\/p>\n

Trossard sensed the opportunity and sprinted in behind Aaron Wan-Bissaka before beating Onana from close range to make the crucial breakthrough for the visitors.<\/p>\n

The visitors held firm to take maximum points away from Old Trafford, giving them a one-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table going into the final week of the season.<\/p>\n

On Sky Sports\u2019 commentary of the game, Gary Neville blasted Casemiro and claimed the Brazilian had made a \u2018basic error\u2019 by playing Havertz onside in the build-up.<\/p>\n

Rooney \u2013 United\u2019s all-time record goalscorer \u2013 agreed with his former team-mate as he analysed the moment shortly after the final whistle, claiming the five-time Champions League winner had been \u2018naive\u2019 and \u2018lazy\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018He\u2019s obviously shown that he\u2019s a midfield player and he\u2019s not a natural centre-back,\u2019 the former United and England forward said in the Sky Sports studio.<\/p>\n

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Trossard scored the only goal of the game at Old Trafford (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018As we said at half-time, once Manchester United want to play this way, whether you\u2019re a midfield player or a centre-back, you have to be ready to push out with the rest of the team because, if not, you play everyone onside and get punished.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was maybe a bit naive, there\u2019s not really angle anyway for Onana to get the ball to him. But then he has to push out and it\u2019s lazy. It\u2019s lazy, he\u2019s lazy.<\/p>\n

\u2018The rest of his team-mates have pushed out and they get caught by it.<\/p>\n

\u2018And even defending the space, he\u2019s not aware of any players around him and then Trossard comes in and gets an easy goal.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Casemiro was \u2018lazy\u2019 and \u2018naive\u2019 for Arsenal\u2019s goal, according to Rooney (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Erik ten Hag has been forced to field Casemiro at centre-back due to United\u2019s injury woes at the back and Rooney believes fingers should be pointed at the club\u2019s recruitment.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t think it has worked but who else have they got in there?\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

\u2018The worrying thing is the amount of players they\u2019ve got injured. They\u2019ve got centre-backs injured, midfielders injured, strikers injured and that\u2019s a big concern.<\/p>\n

\u2018As Roy [Keane] has said with recruitment, you\u2019d have to look at the whole football club.\u2019<\/p>\n