Ralf Rangnick's failed experiment makes one Manchester United selection easy vs Atletico Madrid

It was worth a try.

The logic behind Ralf Rangnick's surprise recall of Aaron Wan-Bissaka for Manchester United's trip to Leeds was sound.

United were coming up against a side capable of testing even the most solid of defences, a trait that often leads to them exposing their own backline.

With attacking options including Daniel James, Jack Harrison, Raphinha and Rodrigo, Marcelo Bielsa has plenty of pacey, skilful options to deploy on his left-flank that could easily cause United trouble, especially if Diogo Dalot was to be caught neglecting his defensive duties.

So bringing in the more solid option of Wan-Bissaka for his first start in six Premier League games did make a degree of sense. While the 24-year-old has had plenty of criticism levelled at him for his lack of quality in the attacking third of the pitch, his expert tackling and ability in one-on-one scenarios was rarely at fault.

Rangnick perhaps had one eye cast to Wednesday's clash with Atletico Madrid as well, another team that has plenty of attacking talent where a slightly more secure backline in order to not get caught on the counter could be required.

The experiment well and truly failed. If the interim manager had any designs on starting Wan-Bissaka in Spain then they must well and truly be on the scrapheap by now.

Rangnick took a couple of risks with his selection at Elland Road but while the inclusion of Victor Lindelof over Raphael Varane paid off, the choice to start Wan-Bissaka certainly didn't.

Even in the first-half when United managed to claim a two-goal lead, the right-back's positioning was often out of sync with the rest of his defence and his usual pinpoint tackles were considerably off-kilter.

After the break when United somehow conspired