Overview
- Paul Scholes posted on Instagram calling Barcelona’s Pedri his “new favourite player.”
- Barcelona beat Newcastle 2-1 in the Champions League, with Pedri’s control in midfield drawing Scholes’s praise.
- Scholes said of Manchester United’s engine room, “I don’t think the quality is there.”
- He argued that combinations involving Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo “doesn’t seem to work.”
- Coverage relayed the 2-1 result but wrongly stated that Marcus Rashford scored Barcelona’s goals.