Teddy Sheringham Exclusive: Pep Guardiola Is A Hunter… His Manchester City Side Exposed Just How Weak Manchester United Are Right Now

Manchester United's lack of leadership and cohesiveness were badly exposed in their crushing defeat to rivals Manchester City, according to former Red Devils striker Teddy Sheringham.

United were comprehensively outplayed on Sunday as Premier League leaders City ran riot at the Etihad.

Sheringham has now accused some Manchester United players of “going through the motions” under interim boss Ralf Rangnick, with the club yet to appoint a permanent manager to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

“If you're not being led right as a football team… it looks worse than what it is, because you're getting pulled and pushed into places where you don't want to go.

“Manchester City demand that of you. They know there's weaknesses at Manchester United at the moment and they are preying on those weaknesses. They’re making sure everyone sees that there's weaknesses at that football club.

“This is this is the mindset of Pep [Guardiola]. He’s a hunter. He knows that there's holes in this Manchester United team. Let's expose them. Let's show everyone how badly run this football club is, from top to bottom. Let’s show people how this game should be played as a unit. That's exactly what he's doing.

“And it looks terrible [for United]. When things become hard for footballers, they don't always pull their weight. That's the situation that they're in because they look to the top and they think, well a new manager is coming in next season anyway, I'll do it then when the new manager comes in.

“That's the type of vibe that you're getting from Manchester United players at the moment.”

Rangnick was appointed as interim head coach at Old Trafford in November and is set to move into a consultancy role at the end of the season.

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