Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick responds to Paul Scholes' criticism of team vs Southampton

Ralf Rangnick believes Manchester United's failure to master pressing was apparent in their 1-1 draw with Southampton.

For the third game running, United went in at half-time 1-0 up but conceded early in the second, this time just a minute later than at Burnley on Tuesday night.

Southampton thoroughly merited their point three days after winning at Tottenham and set-up in their favoured 4-2-2-2 formation under Rangnick's former Red Bull colleague, Ralph Hasenhuttl.

Rangnick opted for the 4-2-2-2 system in his first five Premier League games in charge of United until it was abandoned following the 1-0 defeat to Wolves. Hasenhuttl said United 'aren’t used to [pressing] for more than 30 or 40 minutes, we came into the game after that' and Rangnick conceded that contributed to more dropped points.

"I don't think it's a question of habit," Rangnick said. "It's a question of what kind of players do we have, how do they want to play, we can only make up as a team, changing habits. You can be sure we address those things all the time, that we do those things even in the moments we can train with them properly. It's all about being aggressive, taking the last step.

"Our team compared to Southampton has never been a pressing team and to change those habits within a couple of weeks without having a pre-season doesn't happen like that."

Rangnick cited United's 'expected goals' figure - a questionable stat that measures how likely teams are to score when United have scored more than once in just three of Rangnick's 13 matches in charge and one goal in five of their last seven games.

Paul Scholes, on punditry duty, was scathing of United's players and claimed 'some players do not want to put a shift in for this club' in a lengthy