Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United's injury-hit defence is a little unbalanced, with three left-footers in the back four, and this is affecting the side's stability.
Although stressing Daley Blind and Marcos Rojo are doing their best in the circumstances, and they helped keep clean sheets as a pairing in the home games against Manchester City (in the EFL Cup) and Burnley, the injuries to Eric Bailly, Chris Smalling and Antonio Valencia have been a blow.
Following the Reds' 2-1 Europa League defeat to Fenerbahce on Thursday, Mourinho was asked at his post-match press conference why his team has been unusually vulnerable at the start of matches, after conceding very early goals at Chelsea and in Istanbul.