Owen Hargreaves believes one of the main reasons Manchester United struggled at Newcastle was because so many players were deployed out of position.
United went into the game without eight first-team players, with Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Luke Shaw, Victor Lindelof, Phil Jones, Jesse Lingard and Eric Bailly all either injured or ill.
The Reds were deserved losers on Tyneside and Hargreaves gave his verdict on the team's performance at full-time.
"Think about the start of the game," Hargreaves told Optus Sport. "One position Juan Mata has never played at Manchester United on the left wing – he starts on the left wing.
"Everybody moans that he plays on the right, then he plays on the left for some reason. [Andreas] Pereira is a No.10, he plays on the right.
"Rashford is struggling for confidence, we're not sure if he's a No.9. Fred, I feel sorry for him because he's struggling in a United shirt.
"You've got so many people in positions, which aren't even their own… Ashley Young was playing left-back. The only bright spark I'd say today was Tuanzebe.
"I thought he played really well. But the rest is so far off what you'd expect. I feel sorry for United fans because this will take a long time to fix."
