Manchester City 0-0 Manchester United: 5 Talking Points from the Manchester Derby

#4 Manchester United’s lack of first team players in midfield and defence

Paul Pogba

With Paul Pogba, Tim Fosu-Mensah injured (he dislocated his shoulder towards the dying moments of the game) and Marouane Fellaini suspended Mourinho just has Michael Carrick and Ander Herrera in midfield for the time being.

With Michael Carrick unlikely to play another game in two days, that leaves Ander Herrera as the only central midfielder available to Mourinho. Add to that a highly patched up back four, and Manchester United are down to their bare bones in terms of personnel.

Wayne Rooney in midfield? An unknown academy product thrown in? The sale of Bastian Schweinsteiger suddenly seems like a really bad decision.