Five goals in five Premier League games and only five attempts on target against Twente highlight Man United's biggest problem.
Erik ten Hag's childhood friend was in the press box on Wednesday night. He uploaded a video of Twente players, staff and supporters choreographing their full-time celebrations with the caption, "Please add this to the category I was there."
United's performance was mundane. We have seen it before on European nights dating back to Sir Alex Ferguson's epoch. Some ties do not set the pulses racing and it can filter through to the team's performance. United could lose in Porto and Istanbul next month and they would still be expected to have European football beyond January. Defeat to Galatasaray in their second Champions League group game last year spelt trouble and raised the stakes in a hair-raising Group A.
'Problem' is a loaded word and the problems are of United's own making. Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford are the only two players in the United squad who have broken the 20-goal barrier in a season and the latter got 30 two seasons ago. "Slow but top link, good footballer, drops back to play… not sure he scores enough goals," messaged a manager who encountered Zirkzee in Italy. What you see is what you get.
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