Jadon Sancho is vindicating Manchester United's attacking change

Ralf Rangnick sat stoically in the austere press room for the best part of five minutes, waiting for the sound issue to be addressed on the Zoom call, until he exited to attend other media commitments pitchside.

At just gone 10.30pm, Rangnick strode across the pitch in the swirling rain, shielded only by a navy cap, to collect his belongings from the temporary away dressing room, located in the opposite corner to where the Manchester United team coach was humming.

Sean Dyche was by now on the post-match call, the sound finally repaired, brimming with repartee with the Burnley beat reporters. As soon as Dyche ended his debrief, the meeting ended. The final message from a United official came at 10.50pm: "Press conference has all been dismantled."

A dismantling is required at United, who prolonged the pattern with another 1-1 stalemate with the 20th-placed Premier League side. As Aston Villa discovered last month, United are prone to letting teams off the hook after a dominant first-half.

Supporters are becoming apathetic in a season that, barring a miracle, will end trophyless and, from a journalistic perspective, there is next to nothing to go at.

The officiating United have encountered in their last two games has bordered on the jobsworth but United had ample time to rise above it against lowly-ranked teams. Burnley only equalised in the 47th minute, and with additional time United practically had an entire half to salvage the match. Their supine mentality emerges whenever there is a setback, whatever the time.

As perverse as it is to consider the positives after two poor results, United can extract encouragement from Paul Pogba's impressive return from injury and Jadon Sancho showing up. They were their best players at