Ralf Rangnick SLAMS Manchester United after draw with Burnley

Ralf Rangnick admitted his Manchester United side were not good enough after they slipped out of the Premier League top four with a 1-1 draw against relegation-battling Burnley.

United dominated the first half at Turf Moor but, after two strikes were ruled out, only had Paul Pogba's first league goal in over a year to show for it. This proved costly after Burnley equalised through Jay Rodriguez.

The former Leipzig manager said that although he cannot blame his side for the ruled out goals in the first half, he remains adamant that taking one point from the fixture is not good enough.  

Speaking to BT Sport after the game, Rangnick said: 'We scored three goals in the first half, I couldn't blame the team for not having a killer instinct in the first half.

'But yes, at the end, in the last 25 minutes as I said we had a lot of set-pieces, a lot of free-kicks, corner kicks. In the end it was also a little question of luck, with (a chance for) Rafa Varane, the header of Cristiano Ronaldo, the header of Harry Maguire.

'But again, in the end, one point for a performance like this is just not enough.'   

Coming after Friday's FA Cup exit at the hands of Middlesbrough, it was another frustrating night for United, whose problems remain obvious at both ends of the pitch 12 games into Rangnick's interim reign.

The German criticised the officials for disallowing first a Raphael Varane header because Harry Maguire had been offside, then a Josh Brownhill own goal because Pogba had fouled Erik Pieters in the build-up, but accepted his side had not done enough. 

Rangnick was particularly unhappy to see the Brownhill own goal ruled out.

'I watched it right now in the locker room and the linesman flagged for a foul (on Pogba), but flagged