Patrice Evra says Jarrod Bowen ‘took Alex Telles’ soul’ during Manchester United’s torrid first half at West Ham

Patrice Evra was far from impressed with Manchester United’s performance in the first half against West Ham on Saturday.

The Red Devils were dominated by the Hammers for the opening 45 minutes and went in 1-0 down at the break.

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Tomas Soucek separated the sides, but United were fortunate to only be a single goal behind.

Evra reacted in the Sky studio at half-time: “Same old story. I hope in the second half this team react.

“Declan Rice is bullying Donny van de Beek. Jarrod Bowen is terrorising all the defence.

“Sloppy passes, no tempo. They look they could have nice composure with the ball but it’s always too much.

“They need to speed up their game but I wouldn’t be surprised if they went onto win in the second half but this is not United. This is not United.”

Evra was unhappy at the break

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Bowen had an easy time getting round Telles

As a highlights package of West Ham’s first-half chances played, Evra continued: “I was praying for the referee to whistle for half-time.

“West Ham are aggressive, they are dominating the game.

“They are putting Manchester United under pressure.

“Bowen, he just takes the soul of Alex Telles.

“Like I said, I’m talking like that, they will have a comeback second half.

“But if you keep reacting, sometimes reacting, sometimes it’s gonna be too late.

“It’s just a team – they’re not in charge, they’re not United.”