Paul Scholes compared Manchester United’s defending to football at an under 10 level. It wasn’t. It was worse than that.
If any under 10 team had won a corner but left nobody back to cover the lone striker, their coach, or even a well-meaning parent, would have raised the alarm from the touchline.
That is what was truly disturbing about the first goal United conceded in Istanbul. Neither Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, nor his coaching staff, spotted it. Not Mike Phelan, not Michael Carrick. And these are empty stadiums. It is not as if managers and coaches cannot make themselves heard in the current climate.