Ralf Rangnick needs immediate Manchester United decision to prevent Guus Hiddink Chelsea outcome

Manchester United's performance against Middlesbrough wasn't the worst, but the result was.

It was a terrible Friday night at Old Trafford, emphasised by fans being unable to buy food and beverage at half-time, which almost set the tone for what was about to come.

Ralf Rangnick was disappointed with the result, but conceded that it was 'our own fault' that United failed to progress to the fifth round of the FA Cup;

He said: "In the first half we should have easily been 3-0 up and second half we had chances too. We should have won the game in normal time. On penalties, anything can happen.

“We have to take our chances better and with more quality than we did today. It was our own fault – we should not have gone into extra time and penalties. For example, Bruno [Fernandes] chance [near the end] – if he has 10 of these in a match he scores nine.

“Today he hit the post, tried to place it too exactly – these things can happen, obviously he didn’t do that on purpose.”

Sixty-three-year-old Rangnick came to Old Trafford with a lot of expectation on his shoulders. Known as the 'godfather of Gegenpressing ,' people expected him to have an impact almost instantly. However, as we can see, that hasn't happened.

When new managers come to a club, every supporter expects a bounce immediately. United had it with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Chelsea had it with Thomas Tuchel. But as each day passes, it's clear there are too many issues at Old Trafford for that to happen.

There are too many cliques and problems within the United squad for Rangnick to solve the issues all by himself.

Supporters know that at least three people are expected to leave the club in the summer, with Jesse Lingard, Paul Pogba and Edinson Cavani all having contracts