Erik ten Hag has embraced Manchester United chaos - but Omar Berrada will not

Is this Manchester United team frustratingly inconsistent or beautifully chaotic?

United have been moulded into Erik ten Hag's vision, he's spent more than £400million across two summer transfer windows, and they have become agents of chaos. "I cannot take this seriously, I think it's so obvious," said Ten Hag last week about United's style of play.

"I think we play very good football, against the biggest teams we get ourselves in winning positions not by luck. It's by playing decent football. We dominated against Chelsea."

United should have won at Stamford Bridge, but by the end of that madcap game they'd faced more shots (225) in 2024 than any other side in Europe's big-five leagues. Many supporters feared an onslaught from a title-chasing Liverpool on Sunday and Jurgen Klopp's side had recorded 14 shots to United's none when half-time arrived.

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But Liverpool failed to score a second goal before the interval, which meant that United were still hanging in the game and could get something in the second half.

Jarell Quansah's mistake preceded a world-class finish from Bruno Fernandes and the chaos returned from that moment. That suited United, who began to create opportunities. Liverpool looked rattled and Kobbie Mainoo's tremendous strike teased another unlikely victory.

Ultimately United only got a result because of two moments of exceptional individual quality and that red flag has been frequently raised this term. Gary Neville, who was on commentary for Sky Sports, likened United's performance to children playing football in a schoolyard and he's not the first to make that comparison.