Rio Ferdinand backs up Paul Scholes as he pinpoints Man Utd weakness "killing the team"

Rio Ferdinand has suggested that the current Manchester United squad is ill-disciplined, just months after his former teammate Paul Scholes said the same thing.

United have currently drawn their last three matches 1-1, though the first came in the FA Cup where they were eventually dumped out of the competition on penalties by Middlesbrough.

After that, Ralf Rangnick's side played out two similar performances against Burnley and Southampton respectively where United surrendered their 1-0 lead by conceding a second-half equaliser.

Though Ferdinand was generous enough to claim he does see some positives with how United have been playing recently, he highlighted how individual errors are "killing the team."

Reflecting on the most recent draw against Southampton at home, Ferdinand told his Five with Vibe podcast: "In the first 20 to 30 minutes you go "oh - I like this," there's fluidity, there's a continuity within the team, there's a togetherness but the problem is weathering the bad storms.

"In every game you get a five minute spell or whatever it is, where the other team get hold of the game and you get penned back a little bit whether you like it or not.

"It's about having the balls to be able to get through that, the knowhow and I think a big part of that is discipline - I think that's where we lack compared to top teams."

Ferdinand went on to suggest there is a lack of team spirit when the going gets tough for the current United squad.

"When those moments come you need a discipline within the team, to say "we stick together," in them situations, they end up becoming individuals more than ever and thinking "I can do this on my own, I've got to create a moment of craziness.

"Individual mistakes or bad decision