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Beren Cross

Leeds United player ratings as Klich and Phillips have day to forget in Man Utd embarrassment

Leeds United (4-1-4-1)

1 Illan Meslier - seven

Blameless for any of the goals, but some decent stops to keep the score down.

15 Stuart Dallas - five

Well-struck goal, but barely a consolation on a miserable afternoon. Coped better in the middle than at right-back.

2 Luke Ayling - four

The odd block which stopped further embarrassment, but one of many caught in the headlights.

6 Liam Cooper - four

Seeing another centre-back limp off with injury summed up the afternoon for the Whites. Did okay with his aerial duels at corners, but out of his depth in open play at times.

10 Ezgjan Alioski - three

Beaten again and again down his flank by both Marcus Rashford and Daniel James. Not a man with the composure to change the flow of the match either.

23 Kalvin Phillips - three

Hooked at the break after one of his most difficult halves under Marcelo Bielsa. Protection of the backline was non-existent.

18 Raphinha - five

Improved markedly to become the biggest threat in the second half, but his defensive inadequacies were fatally exposed in the first half.

43 Mateusz Klich - three

Another with an uncharacteristically poor half. Scott McTominay and Fred ran him ragged. The former's brace underlined that fact.

20 Rodrigo - four

Heavy first touches, telegraphed passes and poor discipline in defence. An afternoon to forget when the Whites needed his ingenuity and quality more than ever.

22 Jack Harrison - five

Less exposed than his team-mates, but deliveries in the final third, when the team needed them, still weren't quite on point.

9 Patrick Bamford - four

Too easy for Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof to bring the ball out from the back and barely asked any questions of his own in attack.

Substitutes

13 Kiko Casilla

7 Ian Poveda

11 Tyler Roberts

17 Helder Costa

19 Pablo Hernandez

21 Pascal Struijk (on for Phillips h/t) - six

Very steady performance given the circumstances and brought some semblance of control for the visitors' best spell of the game in the opening 15 minutes of the second half.

24 Leif Davis (on for Cooper 72min) - five

Always a big ask for him to keep tabs on Edinson Cavani.

46 Jamie Shackleton (on for Klich h/t) - six

Had the speed and agility to fare better with Rashford than his counterparts and didn't do too much wrong.

49 Oliver Casey

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