Manchester United were too passive in their Premier League defeat to Leicester on Saturday, while it is becoming increasingly clear that manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is still unsure of his best XI or how to make his team greater than the sum of their individual parts.
For the third Premier League game in a row, United as a team ended up being considerably less than the sum of their individual parts. They arguably haven’t played well since the opening day of the season six long weeks ago against a very open Leeds side at Old Trafford.
On the face of it, United should be doing much better. To a man, they have one of the best squads in the Premier League, full of attacking depth and options.
But when the teams took to the pitch at the King Power, Leicester just seemed to want it more. They played at a high tempo, looked more cohesive as a unit and looked to have an actual game plan.
When United took the lead through Mason Greenwood thunderous long range effort, it was completely out of nowhere and against the run of play.
