Jamie Carragher was angered by Antony’s antics after producing an ‘awful’ performance in Manchester United’s 4-0 defeat by Crystal Palace.
The former Liverpool defender likely enjoyed the sight of his old rivals humbled at Selhurst Park on Monday night as goals from Michael Olise, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell inflicted a 13th Premier League loss of the campaign.
Carragher directed a lot of his criticism toward Casemiro, who endured a particularly poor night, while there were also shots fired at manager Erik ten Hag and the Brazilian Antony.
The Sky Sports pundit got riled up by footage of the winger in dialogue with team-mates Mason Mount and Andre Onana after the full-time whistle.
‘Just get off the pitch!’ The former defender yelled. ‘Whispering behind your hand, you’ve been absolutely awful.
Jamie Carragher took fumed at footage of Antony in discussion with a couple of his team-mates
Antony was slammed for his actions after the final whistle of United crushing 4-0 defeat by Crystal Palace
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‘He’s probably talking about one of the players or somebody else, or the set-up, or the manager, just get off the pitch.
‘Shut up and get in. You’ve been beaten 4-0, whispering, talking – honestly, embarrassing.’
Antony has failed to come anywhere close to repaying the £86million spent to sign him from Ajax in 2022.
The 24-year-old has followed up a limp debut campaign with an even worse season in which he has registered two goal contributions in 28 league games.
United missed the opportunity to climb back above Chelsea and as a result find themselves in eighth place with only three games left to play. The Red Devils are in serious danger of missing out on European qualification this term.
As for Palace, they continued their fine form under Oliver Glasner, who replaced Roy Hodgson in February. The Eagles extended their unbeaten run in the league to five games.
They had much to thank Olise for, with his brace helping the Eagles secure the points. The in-demand winger had the better of United’s makeshift defence, particularly Casemiro.
The 32-year-old was told to ‘call it a day’ and move to Saudi Arabia or MLS by Carragher after his woeful showing.
Antony has only one goal and one assists in 28 Premier League appearances this season for United
‘I said at half-time he’s (Ten Hag) got to bring Casemiro off,’ Carragher said. ‘I know he’s got kids on the bench but I think Casemiro, deadly serious, should know himself tonight as an experienced player that he should only have another three games left at the top level. The next two league games and the [FA] cup final.
‘And he should be thinking “I need to go to the MLS or Saudi”. I’m deadly serious. He’s aging, the people around him they need to tell him this has to stop.’
