Ralf Rangnick: Manchester United have 'a long way to go' to reach Manchester City's performance levels

Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick admitted his team have ‘a long way to go’ after losing 4-1 to Manchester City on Sunday evening. The German was appointed following the dismissal of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the end of last year but has struggled to impose his approach effectively so far, with the side still out of the top four. Ad/> Without both Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani, Rangnick employed Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba up front, but it was at the back where United really struggled, conceding two goals in both the first and second halves.

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Difficult to concede an early goal,” Rangnick said. “We came back, scored a brilliant goal ourselves then conceded another on the counter. It was a very difficult game against one of the best teams in the world.

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For us it was clear if we want a chance to win the game we have to do a lot of running. You have to be in attacking and hunting mode and we did that in the first half. The third goal killed us off in the end.