{"id":212835,"date":"2025-10-20T09:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212835\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:35:08","slug":"scott-mctominay-singles-out-man-united-man-for-praise-after-liverpool-victory-what-a-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212835\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott McTominay singles out Man United man for praise after Liverpool victory, &#8216;what a player&#8230;&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Manchester United star Scott McTominay has issued high praise for a current Red Devil as Ruben Amorim\u2019s side defeated Liverpool in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/bryan-mbeumo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryan Mbeumo<\/a> and Harry Maguire were enough to cancel out a Cody Gakpo equaliser and hand <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/manchester-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> a famous win at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/jamie-carragher-says-ruben-amorims-brave-decision-vs-liverpool-proved-man-united-fans-very-wrong\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim was bold<\/a> with his team selection, but it paid off, as Liverpool\u2019s struggles in the Premier League continue after yet another defeat.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btbf-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BeyondTheBackFour?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-fit:unset\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/custom\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/btbf-title.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>  Click to subscribe to the podcast <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:unset;height:30px;width:fit-content\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/custom\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/youtube.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>  <\/a><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2241718466-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ruben Amorim during Liverpool v Manchester United in the Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-996680\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>United players left Anfield with their heads held high, and one of those players was veteran defender <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/luke-shaw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Shaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scott McTominay and Man United stars praise Luke Shaw<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/poor-man-united-man-cant-sense-danger-on-the-pitch-claims-rio-ferdinand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaw has been criticised<\/a> this season for some mediocre performances, but he was back to his best against Arne Slot\u2019s men.<\/p>\n<p>His former teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/scott-mctominay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott McTominay<\/a> noticed this, taking to Instagram to shower the Englishman with praise. \u201cWhat a player,\u201d he wrote under Shaw\u2019s latest post, which read \u201cHappy Sunday\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matheus Cunha was also found in the comments section stating, \u201cLove you, you know,\u201d while club captain<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes opted to call Shaw by his nickname \u201cShawberto,\u201d referencing the great Brazilian left-back Roberto Carlos.<\/p>\n<p>United beating Liverpool in their own backyard was a historic feat, and the kind of result Amorim so desperately needed to get his season firmly back on track.<\/p>\n<p>Shaw dealt with the Liverpool fans<\/p>\n<p>The mood at Anfield can be a very hostile one, as Shaw knows, with many games under his belt away to the Reds. Because of this, before the fixture he knew how to deal with the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/luke-shaw-discusses-playing-at-anfield-for-inside-united-13-october-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">club media<\/a>: \u201cYou really feel it. Of course, not just when you\u2019re in the stadium, but leading into the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go along a one-way road kind of thing and the bus is there, and there are a lot of fans outside. It really is hostile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think as players, you kind of enjoy that moment \u2013 you know, it really feels like a big game then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can be very hostile. But I think it\u2019s part and parcel of football, the rivalry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shaw and his United side now face Brighton &amp; Hove Albion, where they\u2019ll be looking to make it three \u2013 yes, three \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/english-premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> wins on the bounce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Manchester United star Scott McTominay has issued high praise for a current Red Devil as Ruben Amorim\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,708,3760,349,451,26818,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-212835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-liverpool","10":"tag-luke-shaw","11":"tag-manchester-united","12":"tag-ruben-amorim","13":"tag-scott-mctominay","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}