Topics: Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sky Sports, Thierry Henry, Fan Reactions
Sky Sports have deleted a social media clip featuring analysis from Thierry Henry on Monday Night Football after strong backlash from fans.
Arsenal legend Henry was the guest in the studio for Bournemouth's 1-0 win over Fulham, reuniting with his CBS Sports colleague Jamie Carragher.
The pair analysed all the key incidents from the weekend's action in the Premier League and there was a huge focus on Manchester United's dire 4-1 defeat at the hands of Newcastle on Sunday.
United went in at the break level after Alejandro Garnacho's equaliser cancelled out Sandro Tonali's fine strike, before Harvey Barnes bagged a brace and Bruno Guimaraes providing the icing on the cake.
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The level of defending from United was widely criticised by in the MNF studio and Henry singled out young centre-back Leny Yoro for what he did after Barnes scored his second goal.
Yoro was spotted looking at the linesman after Barnes found the net and Henry laid into his fellow Frenchman for doing something he claims he had "never seen".
"Please stay on (Leny) Yoro and what he's asking for," Henry said. I don't know what he's looking at... are you looking at the linesman to see if he'll bail you out?
"I don't know if he thought there was an offside. We all know it's a goal, what are you looking at? I don't know, I've never seen that. We all know it's a goal..."
However, Henry's harsh criticism did not go down well with fans on social media, who promptly let him know what they thought.
One fan on X fumed: "Come on, Thierry. It's a defender's reflex to look at the linesman when a goal is conceded. Henry is a top analyst, but this is cringe."
A second said: "Thierry has never seen a defender look to the linesman in hope … strange."
A third added: "There’s obviously something deeper here for Henry that he’s pointed this out on Yoro. This is just weird."
A fourth commented: "50 year old attacking an 18 year old compatriot. Nice."
In response to the backlash, Sky Sports pulled the clip from their official page on X, formerly known as Twitter. The full version remains up on their YouTube, with Henry's analysis also still present on the Sky Sports' football Instagram page.
Courted by Real Madrid, Yoro signed for United from Lille in the summer for a fee of £52 million and after suffering a foot injury in pre-season, has made 25 appearances in all competitions.
United return to action on Thursday with a crunch Europa League quarter final second leg clash against Lyon. Yoro scored his first goal for the club in the first leg.
SPORTbible have reached out to Sky Sports for comment.
