Manchester United summed up their woeful season in 24 minutes against Leicester City

A weak surrender

There were 24 minutes still to play when Fred's prompt equaliser for Manchester United gave them a chance to make sure their season didn't die a death on the first weekend of April.

It had been another average performance from Ralf Rangnick's team until then but equalising three minutes after they had gone behind got Old Trafford back onside and the volume was briefly raised.

In classic United teams, these scenarios would lead to a siege on the opposition goal and an air of inevitability to what was coming. The 24 minutes this team produced on Saturday was as clear an indication as any as to how far away from those glory days this current crop are.

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United simply had to win to keep alive their faint hopes of a top-four finish, but in the final quarter, they offered barely an attack of note. It was Leicester City who looked the more likely side to win it and but for a well-spotted VAR intervention they would have done just that.

Rangnick will point to the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani as a significant impediment to his attacking options, but for all the urgency there was never a sense that a goal was coming. Or even a shot.

With their season on the line, United produced 24 minutes of sloppy passes, poor decisions and wastefulness in the final third. It was a fitting way to wave the white flag on this season.

Careless passes

It's been too easy to take pot-shots at United's midfield this season but the carelessness with which they treated the ball against Leicester City was a pretty good summation of why change is required there next season.

Too often United's build-up play would fall down via a loose pass from Fred or Scott McTomimay, or