Cristiano Ronaldo's full-time reaction sums up the situation at Manchester United

With 83 minutes on the clock, Aaron Wan-Bissaka received the ball and wanted rid of it as soon as possible. Paul Pogba was free and Wan-Bissaka somehow overhit it to a Watford player. The pressure had told.

Wan-Bissaka had enjoyed a proactive hour and then time caught up with him. This season has found out plenty of Manchester United players and Wan-Bissaka is one of them.

United are still fourth but in every other sense they are Europa League standard. Supporters booed at full-time, not out of dissatisfaction with the performance but the meek mentality of the players. Whoever ends May in fourth will have done so by default. Those who miss out might be closer to the bottom than the top.

Cristiano Ronaldo stood alone at full-time, disconsolate and downbeat. He struck the post in the fourth minute and from then on the only way was down. He looked shot long before the final shrill.

This one was on the players. Ralf Rangnick cannot be held accountable for their wastefulness. His selections, some arguably frivolous, were vindicated through vibrant play that was lacking the elusive goal. United had never played more recognisably in Rangnick's image.

Watford were so bad they were worse than Leeds and Middlesbrough, as far as visiting teams at Old Trafford go this campaign. They were the most obliging opponents United could have possibly encountered and somehow they have ended the season unbeaten against them.

Nothing is a gimme for a United side that plays llike it knows it is fourth-best at best. That place is in jeopardy, with Arsenal adept at dismissing the league's fodder and Antonio Conte capable of extracting spirited wins from Tottenham's underachievers.

United fans resorted to politely applauding Tom Cleverley's