Manchester United have a problem everyone is talking about - but Erik ten Hag cannot fix

Manchester United were fortunate that Everton couldn't score for toffee at the weekend.

Sean Dyche spoke about his team's wastefulness at his pre-match press conference and he urged his players to be more clinical, but they never looked like scoring at Old Trafford.

Everton have scored 29 league goals this season and only Sheffield United and Burnley have scored fewer. Dyche's side have excellent underlying numbers, but they lack quality in the final third and that prevented them from leaving Manchester with a result on Saturday.

That's been the story of Everton's fraught campaign and, frustratingly, the story of United's has been conceding too many chances. They conceded 23 shots against Everton and that means they have now conceded 20 or more shots in four of their last five Premier League games.

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Despite giving Andre Onana too much to do, United won 2-0 against Everton, although any visiting side worth their salt would have taken their chances and it would have been a different game.

Bizarrely, Erik ten Hag hit back at suggestions United were conceding too many chances when addressing the media after the victory. When asked if the number of shots United were allowing opponents was sustainable, Ten Hag said: "We do it already for a longer time in many more games.

"If you see their xG is not that high and ours is much higher. It is their gameplan. We have players who feel comfortable to defend low. But you have to be disciplined and you have to incorporate it very well. It was a team performance, especially our back four with the 'keeper and Casemiro."

Anyone familiar with expected goals (xG) will