Manchester United were well beaten by Manchester City on Sunday and the biggest concern for Erik ten Hag will be that long-term problems continued to surface.
United started relatively well on Sunday but were quickly pinned back by their Manchester rivals, helped in no part by a controversial penalty decision that allowed Erling Haaland to open the scoring.
From that point, City controlled the game and attacked at will. Pep Guardiola's side were imperious at Old Trafford but life was made easy for them, with United once again looking leggy.
Sofyan Amrabat was hooked at half-time after a torrid 45 minutes, with Scott McTominay - moved into the deeper role upon Christian Eriksen's introduction - faring little better. ALSO READ: Ten Hag is a problem at United but they have bigger problems ALSO READ: Erik ten Hag is not helping himself with baffling United decisions That lack of bite in midfield has been a constant issue for Ten Hag this season, whose main enforcer Casemiro has been off the pace.