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The draw was'stunningly bad' for Manchester United.
Craig Burley left Manchester United after the club's 1-1 draw with Newcastle United Monday evening. (1:33)
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As an interim manager at Manchester United, he knows the magnitude of the job. When he wasn't shaking his head on the touchline, he was rubbing his forehead in frustration.
It would have been virtually impossible for Man United to have been any worse under the man who replaced Solskjaer.
"I didn't like the performance at all," he said. We didn't control the game today. It's all about who is the most physical and who wins the second ball. We weren't at our best in those areas. We got a point but the performance needs to be better.
You have to be prepared and able to win those direct duels. We had too many turnovers when we were in possession and that makes things difficult.
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Man United have failed to impress in any of their games so far, but thanks to Edinson Cavani's 70th-minute equaliser, which canceled out Allan Saint-Maximin's seventh-minute opener, the interim manager was able to extend his winning start to four games.
They have had to work hard for their victories against Crystal Palace and Norwich City and have had to settle for draws against Young Boys and St James' Park.
A new face in the manager's chair tends to spark an initial upturn in performances and results as players who have failed under their predecessors find an extra level of commitment and quality in order to impress their new boss. After a month in charge, the novelty factor has worn off, and now we are about to find out how good he is as a coach and manager.
We know about the players of Man United. They lost four games in a row, which cost Solskjaer his job. It won't be an easy task to get those same players to raise their game consistently enough to get Man United back in the race for top four and a place in the playoffs.
There is some help for Rangnick. There was always going to be an element of rust against Eddie Howe's team because this was the first game for 16 days for Man United.
There can be no excuses for the way in which United played in the first half against the Magpies, as they were overrun by a team that had been given a football lesson by Manchester City eight days earlier.
In all areas of the pitch, United was dominated by the same team.
The isolation of the man up front was caused by the nullification of the two wingers. The box-to-box midfielders, who were converted from misfiring strikers by Howe, controlled the central third of the pitch against Fred and Scott McTominay. In the middle of the park, Raphael Varane and Harry Maguire played like rookies, with both losing their men and the ball on a number of occasions.
The game was not under control by United. All the while, he watched in disbelief as his expensive team performed like strangers.
The honeymoon period is over for the man who joined Manchester United in November.
United began to look like a team after the substitution of Cavani. The former Paris Saint-Germain forward always brings a work ethic and tenacity to the table, and it rubbed off on his teammates.
His goal gave United a chance to win the game, but they failed to take advantage, and David de Gea was called into action to deny Almiron in the final minute.
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The biggest problem was the mistakes they made. We were not taking the right decisions even after we scored the tying goal.
The next game is againstBurnley. We have to do better. We need to be better and get more physical.
If Rangnick can't inspire an upturn in performances, United will struggle to get anything against the better teams in the league.
The back line needs to be defended properly and Rangnick needs to find a way to get his players to dictate the pace of the game. Everyone at United knows that Fred and McTominay aren't good enough.
The Manchester United side struggled against a team that has just one win this season.
The manager needs to figure out why Jadon Sancho has been unable to replicate his form in the German league at United and why Marcus Rashford's development has been stagnant for 18 months.
When all is going well, jobs like the one at Manchester United don't become available. Man United need him to live up to his reputation by reviving under-performing players and finding replacements for those who don't measure up.
The honeymoon period is over. The problems run deep and United have been failing for nearly nine years.
