Roy Keane tears into 'unfair' Patrick Dorgu decision vs Leicester and asks 'is this what it's come to?'

Roy Keane questioned Ruben Amorim's decision to play Patrick Dorgu at right wing-back as he ripped into Manchester United's "boring" performance against Leicester City.

United booked their place in the FA Cup fifth round on Friday night after a controversial last-minute header from Harry Maguire handed the home side a 2-1 win.

It was a far-from-convincing performance from Ruben Amorim's side and after Bobby De Cordova-Reid handed the visitors a deserved lead going into the break, Roy Keane made his feelings clear.

Speaking on ITV, the former United captain said: “They’re boring now. You feel like going into the dressing room and reminding them what the game’s about – ‘there’s a goal at that end and you need to get the ball in it to score’. It’s as if they’re not even aware of it."

Keane added: “From United’s point of view, my goodness, is this what it’s come to? We know their record’s poor, but we’re coming here tonight and looking at it going, ‘surely there’ll be a reaction, surely they’ll have enthusiasm and energy for the game’. They don’t even seem to have that."

The former Republic of Ireland midfielder also gave his take on Ruben Amorim's decision to play new signing Patrick Dorgu on the right, despite primarily playing on the opposite flank for Leece this season.

Even after an impressive showing on his debut, Keane was far from happy.

"There is a lack of belief, lack of confidence," he began. "They've brought new players in, you're thinking he's [Dorgu] going to play in his position and he's playing right wing-back.

"You think, is that unfair on players? And you look at the urgency for the goal, it's given away cheaply, people not staying with their runners. I just look at it from United's point of view and think, my goodness, is this what it's come to?"

Keane pulled no punches in his half-time analysis. Image credit: ITV

After the full-time whistle, Ruben Amorim defended his decision to play Dorgu on the right.

"He played a lot of times for Lecce on the right and the left," said the Portuguese head coach. "That’s one of the characteristics we pay a lot of attention to. He was a little bit anxious with the first touch of the ball. This is a different league for him, different speed of the game but he did well.

"He has pace, he has strength and he is going to improve a lot. We as a team need to play better to help the new guy perform at the right level.

"If you have seen the history of Dorgu for his last team he played a lot of games on the right and we have to have wingers who can play both sides like [Diogo] Dalot.

"So I think it is a really important thing because sometimes you need a left foot on the right side to come in and connect in a different way and sometimes you need a right foot to connect and cross more balls."