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Manchester United midfield is failing when it should be an Erik Ten Hag success story

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You could pick any one of Brighton's three goals at Old Trafford on Saturday to highlight just how badly Manchester United's midfield were outplayed, but let's start at the end and look at the third.

When Joao Pedro starts his run forward from the centre circle, Bruno Fernandes is a couple of yards behind him, but the captain jogs back without closing the gap and ends up with the perfect view of the forward's fine finish.

That was game over and the exclamation mark of another desperate day for United this season. Erik ten Hag has a multitude of problems to sort, but it feels like so many of them start in midfield, which is an issue for Ten Hag himself.

His response this weekend was to pick four central midfielders, but they still looked inferior to Brighton's three. Pascal Gross, Mo Dahoud and Adam Lallana cost £2.6million, while United had a £35m midfielder not in the squad, in Donny van de Beek. ALSO READ: United defeat has given Ten Hag uncomfortable question to address ALSO READ: Rashford needs to make key United adjustment You can highlight the role of midfielders in all of the goals.

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