Ralf Rangnick explains what Manchester United coaches have told players to do in second halves

Ralf Rangnick has urged the Manchester United players to stick to the game plan after they were held to another 1-1 draw by Burnley.

United's 1-1 stalemate at Turf Moor on Tuesday night was identical to their 1-1 draw with Championship side Middlesbrough four days earlier in that they dominated the first-half but only went in 1-0 up at half-time and then struggled to reorganise after they conceded.

Since Rangnick took over in early December, United have only scored more than once in three of their 12 games but their dominance in first-halves has become more apparent since they switched to a 4-3-3 formation at Aston Villa last month.

"It's important and the players have also realised that there has been a good development in the last couple of weeks in and out of possession of the ball," Rangnick said. "They realise we controlled the game.

"But if we concede a goal, against Middlesbrough it was after 65 or 70 minutes, against Burnley it was 47 minutes, we should just stick to the game plan, not all of a sudden lose shape, lose composure, this was the most harmful part of it, we didn't just stick to the game plan.

"All of a sudden, we didn't have the same positioning on the pitch, our two 8s were too far outside and no longer in the centre of the pitch and this is what we spoke about yesterday and the day before yesterday when we analysed the Burnley game. We have to do better.

"Hopefully, we have in the upcoming games the same amount of opportunities to score more than one goal. This is one issue: that we have to be more effective. At the same time, if this does not happen, and the other team scores a goal, we have to be aware of why we were so dominant and why were in so control of the game in the first-half and stick to