Rangnick hints that injuries are to blame for poor Man Utd form

Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick has hinted that injuries are to blame for Manchester United’s poor run of form.

United have struggled in recent weeks, winning just one of their last five Premier League fixtures and crashing out of the Champions League in that period.

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When asked about United’s form in recent weeks, Rangnick said: “I can imagine what reasons are. Without using it as an excuse, we have lost a few players since the West Ham game, for example, we lost three of our strikers, who were all part of that game and part of that last second goal that we scored.

“Right now, we are missing quite a few others players with Fred and [Scott] McTominay, our two defensive midfielders, so this is probably one reason, but in total, it’s that we’re not sustainably playing at the highest possible level.”

“I think we’ve had quite a few games where we really played well in the way that we played together as a team,” Ralf says.

“But what we haven’t done [so far] is do it in a sustainable way and over a longer period of time, and I’m disappointed about that.”#MUFC | #MUNNOR

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One of United’s biggest problems this season has been consistency, struggling to get a run of good results going and Rangnick admitted he is disappointed about that.

“We’ve had moments when we’ve played well. I think we’ve had quite a few games where we really played well in the way that we played together as a team.

“But what we haven’t done [so