ROY KEANE tore into Wout Weghorst after he missed a sitter against Nottingham Forest.
The striker, who scored in the first leg last week, hit the post when it appeared easier to score.
Casemiro played in a brilliant cross but loanee Weghorst headed onto the post to deny Manchester United an opener.
Keane was shocked by the miss and criticised the Dutchman at half-time.
He said on Sky Sports: “He has to score, I don’t know what he was thinking. He was brought in for his aerial ability.”
Pundit Michael Dawson agreed with his colleague, adding the 6ft 6in forward “had to score”.
BBC pundit Richard McFadden was more sympathetic to the striker, who was mere inches away from scoring his first Old Trafford goal.
He said: “Weghorst was on the move, it’s a great ball in and he does really well to direct the header. He’s unfortunate to see it crash off the post.”
Weghorst’s header was United’s best chance of an uninspired first half.
Visitors Forest had the better of the play with the Red Devils happy to defend their 3-0 aggregate lead.
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Weghorst scored once in his first four United games after arriving on loan from Burnley.
But Erik ten Hag will be hoping for a better return after the club paid Besiktas £2.5million to cancel the striker’s loan at the Turkish club.