Paul Scholes accused Manchester United of playing 'like a team of strangers' after their 1-0 win over Partizan Belgrade in the Europa League on Thursday.
'I think after the Liverpool game there was a little bit of encouragement,' he said to BT Sport. 'But then you come back to tonight and it seems very similar to the start of the season.
'It’s like a team of strangers, it’s like they’ve never played with each other before. There’s no link between the midfield players and the strikers. The weight of pass at times was so bad.
'You want to be encouraged you want to see some bits of good play now and again, a one-two here and there, the number 10 receiving the ball on the half turn, but there’s a lack of encouragement.'
Phil Jones partnered Harry Maguire at centre-back in Belgrade and struggled as he made just his third start of the season and Scholes was also critical of United's rearguard and lack of ingenuity.
'I think defensively they were quite poor as well tonight,' he added. 'Second half there was only one team that looks like scoring. I don’t see anything. A lot of the games they’re going to have the ball but they have to be cleverer.'
United's win was their first on the road since they beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League back in March and leaves them top of Europa League Group L with seven points from three games.
Ole should buy a senior striker and madson to support him so that rashford martial lingard can learn from them. The defence is good now but midfield is so down. And I hope Fred should not come back to the starting line up. He is more of tackling than playing.
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