Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand didn’t mince words as he criticized goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma for his passive role in Barcelona’s victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg match.
Donnarumma’s decision to stay on his line during defender Andreas Christensen’s winning header drew Ferdinand’s ire, with the former footballer branding it a ‘crime’. Additionally, Ferdinand pointed out two earlier mistakes by Donnarumma in the first half.
“I think the goalkeeper in the first half makes two mistakes from crosses and I think in his head he’s saying, ‘I’m going to stay on my line no matter what now and let the responsibility fall on the defenders to defend this set-piece’,” Ferdinand said on TNT Sports.
“That is in his six-yard box, he is 6/7″ or so. That is a crime almost, not coming in your six-yard box and claiming that.”
