Everton 4-0 Manchester United: 3 observations from Manchester United's lacklustre display

Everton FC v Manchester United - Premier League
Everton FC v Manchester United - Premier League

#2 Manchester United lack quality full-backs

Everton FC v Manchester United - Premier League
Everton FC v Manchester United - Premier League

This has been a problem that has been highlighted in the past couple of weeks, especially after those torrid displays from Ashley Young.

With Luke Shaw suspended and Young in the worst form of his life, Solskjaer decided to go with Diogo Dalot at left-back and Victor Lindelof on right-back.

I don't blame Solskjaer here as he is clearly short on options and in a hope of improving the full-back play, he made those decisions. But it was the same story as both Lindelof and Dalot struggled for most of the game.

Dalot especially had one of the worst games in the Manchester United shirt and he was being bullied by Richarlison and then his substitute, Theo Walcott. Lindelof, on the other hand, played at right-back only for the first half as Young was brought on in the second half for Phil Jones.

That also didn't change things and Young was being overrun by Bernard on many occasions on the right-hand side. These performances only highlight the need of signings at Manchester United and full-backs should be added to that already long list of players required.

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