It was difficult to know how to feel as a Manchester United fan after the draw with Atalanta.
Honestly, it's a weird time to be a United supporter at the moment because one minute the team puts in a brilliant performance and the next they're hopeless. It's like Jekyll and Hyde.
Admittedly, nothing in football even comes close to the euphoria of a last-minute goal. The scenes in the away end at Atalanta as Cristiano Ronaldo once again rescued United in the Champions League looked spectacular and I'm sure all of United's travelling army will have a much nicer journey home because of it.
However, you need to look at United's performance as a whole. To put it simply, they were awful.
There was no cohesion, players were still making individual errors and it felt like there was no real balance in the system, despite Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sticking to his three-at-the-back formation that brought so much success against Tottenham.
It feels a little like the talent in United's squad is being wasted. This is not fully down to Solskjaer, far from it, but the coaches have to take responsibility. The buck will always stop with the manager, but the ones who work with the players on the training pitch and the people who prepare them for matchdays need to take responsibility.
It seems like there isn't a lot of confidence in Solskjaer taking United back to the summit of English and European football. Yes, I want him to succeed and there will be plenty of others who do too, but surely no one can be oblivious to the problems at the club right now? They're still in a rut and relying on individual moments of brilliance to bail them out.
Perhaps more worrying is the fact that under Solskjaer's reign, United always seem to have to go a goal down before they start to play.
United have conceded first in eight of their 15 games so far this season, while they've also fallen behind in nine of Solskjaer's 14 Champions League games at the helm.
It gets worse. They've only kept one clean sheet in their last 15 Champions League matches and only Norwich (28) and Leicester (25) have now conceded more goals this season than United's 23.
Needing to fall a goal behind before you actually start to play is evidently a huge issue. United have hardly ever started games well under Solskjaer and it's a theme that's gone on for too long to be a mere coincidence.
United's aim should always be to compete for the biggest trophies like the Premier League and Champions League, but they're absolutely nowhere near being able to challenge right now. The recent 5-0 defeat to Liverpool showed just how far off United are.
The plan with Solskjaer was always meant to be three years. Three years to get United back on track and challenging. Do you really see that happening this season? Not to be negative but I don't.
The greatest teams in the world all have consistency. They normally score first in matches and stamp their dominance on the game, but United just don't do that. It's like they're constantly playing catch-up.
I don't see how United eradicate the issue but it's something that needs to be addressed. Is it a concentration issue? Is it a lack of preparation? It's up to Solskjaer to find out, otherwise United are going nowhere fast.
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