Rangnick: Man Utd players affected by letting leads slip

Ralf Rangnick says Manchester United's players are suffering from a loss of confidence following another lacklustre draw.

United let another half-time lead slip as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Southampton at Old Trafford and missed the chance to go fourth.

It was the fourth time in six games that United have failed to win after being ahead at the interval.

Speaking ahead of Tuesday night's visit of Brighton, Rangnick said: "It is pretty obvious if you are 1-0 up in 11 out of 13 games and you win half of them and in three consecutive games you concede an equaliser then it also affects the minds of the players.

"They think they should be 2-0 up or 3-0 up and it is 1-1 - it affects the players. We have to be more effective to score the second and third goal and kill the game off. But if it doesn't happen then we have to be disciplined.

"You can understand that it affects the confidence of the players. The only thing we can do is speak to the players one by one and explain to them why."

Sky Football pundit Gary Neville:

Manchester United were terrible chasing the game and chasing a goal against Southampton. They were giving fouls away, they were stopping the game. They were forcing it and crossing from poor areas.

You can't put your finger on one thing when you watch United nowadays. Every day feels like a soap opera. You hear the players want Mauricio Pochettino, then Cristiano Ronaldo's going to leave.

The last few weeks have been terrible in terms of off-the-pitch incidents. On the pitch, I saw Ralph Hasenhuttl's quote after the game which I think is the biggest criticism you can have levelled at you as a sportsperson or an athlete - saying that you don't work hard enough.

He said essentially that not everyone mucks