Ralf Rangnick delivers Champions League warning after latest Man Utd setback

Ralf Rangnick has warned his Manchester United players they will miss out on a Champions League place if they continue to drop points in the fashion they did at Burnley on Tuesday night.

United failed to make the most of their first-half dominance at Turf Moor, where they had two goals disallowed either side of Paul Pogba’s first league strike in over a year, and paid the price as Jay Rodriguez brought Burnley level two minutes into the second half.

It was an all too familiar pattern for United – Rangnick’s side were knocked out of the FA Cup on penalties by Middlesbrough on Friday night but should have been out of sight by half-time, three weeks after they blew a 2-0 lead to draw at Aston Villa.

The result saw United slip to fifth in the Premier League as West Ham edged out Watford 1-0 to climb above them, and they could drop further on goal difference if Arsenal beat Wolves on Thursday.

Rangnick was upset by the disallowed goals on Tuesday, particularly the second – an own goal poked home by Josh Brownhill but ruled out after Pogba and Erik Pieters tangled in the build-up – but he acknowledged United needed to do more.

“We should have been at least 2-0 up at half-time,” Rangnick told MUTV.

“But we said the same after the Middlesbrough game. We were doing extremely well on the ball and controlled the game but in the end it’s about winning the game.

“Today with only one point after those 94 minutes, nobody can be happy. And above all, if you want to be fourth in the league, we should not lose points like the ones tonight.”

Burnley emerged for the second half a different side and drew level through Rodriguez’s 100th career league goal and first in 50 league appearances.

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