Manchester United's big issue against Sevilla doesn't have a quick fix

There is a real danger of overreacting to the manner of Manchester United's devastating draw against Sevilla.

Yes, there is no escaping the fact that United somehow managed to blow a comfortable two-goal lead in the dying moments, but the positive is that they deserved to have killed the game off in the first place.

With a second leg to come in Spain next week, Erik ten Hag's side are still in a good position to progress, and the hope is that their late collapse could actually wipe out any complacency and inspire an emphatic response.

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United are fortunate that they do have a second chance to put things right, and they should be judged more on how they react next week than how they collapsed on Thursday night.

What is unavoidable, though, is the glaring drop in quality beyond those who start most matches and those who mostly warm the bench. It is true that Ten Hag's hands were tied with what he could do against Sevilla given the absence of a number of key players, but the changes he made suggested complacency and contributed to them losing a grip on the game.

"I had to make them," Ten Hag protested at full-time. "There was no other way. Rapha was injured, that was the first I had to make. And then Anthony Martial, first start after a long period, so we had to make him on the 60.

"Then Bruno: I got the warning from the refs, he was short before a second booking and the same for Antony dos Santos. So I had to make the subs, I had no other choice."

There was little he could do but bring club captain Harry Maguire on for Raphael Varane at half-time following an injury scare, and replacing Bruno Fernandes with Christian Eriksen is hardly a major drop-off in