Sutton and Ladyman blast 'awful' behaviour of Garnacho in scuffing penalty spot

Manchester United star Alejandro Garnacho has been blasted by former professional footballers and pundits for his antics ahead of FC Copenhagen's missed penalty in the Red Devils' 1-0 win in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The Danish side were awarded a spot-kick in the final minute at Old Trafford after a foul by Scott McTominay.

But Jordan Larsson was denied by a superb stop from Andre Onana as the goalkeeper dived to his left to preserve United's slender 1-0 lead.

After the game, footage showed that Garnacho had stamped on the spot using both of his feet before the penalty whilst referee Marco Guida was busy dealing with United's furious players.

Former Arsenal midfielder Kim Kallstrom hit out at Garnacho for 'childish' behaviour.

Now, Mail Sport's Chris Sutton and Ian Ladyman have described Garnacho's actions as 'awful'.

'Just imagine if that was the other way round. And Manchester United needed to get back into the game. There would be, I mean, there would be outrage from Manchester United fans, wouldn't there?' Sutton said on the latest episode of Mail Sport's It's All Coming Up podcast.

'I thought that was really, really poor from Garnacho. You know, I really did. Digging up the penalty spot is a totally different thing.

'I think that that's a really poor show from Garnacho and Manchester United and he should be called out for it. I hope Eric ten Hag deals with this in his next presser.'

Ladyman added:  'I must admit, I don't like it either. Some people say, oh, if you can get away with it, you should do it. There is a word for that kind of behaviour, which we can't use without using our bleep machine, but it ends in "-housery"

'I think that referees should get on top of that kind of thing. I still haven't really got