Manchester United are in surrender mode. This was the latest second‑half capitulation, which is clearly not good enough, sparked by elite players such as Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Raphaël Varane, Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes being unable to kill off opponents who sit bottom of the Premier League.
As against Middlesbrough when being knocked out of the FA Cup on Friday, the plot was lost in the contest’s second 45 minutes. Burnley ended with a precious point handed to them by weak defending for Jay Rodriguez’s strike that cancelled out Pogba’s opener, and by United’s inability to fire thereafter.
