Manchester United beaten 2:1 away to Fenerbahce in the Europa League!

In a match that Manchester United fans were looking for answer to the game against Burnley in the Premier League, United left people with further questions as Wayne Rooney’s late long range thunderbolt strike was not enough to safe United from Moussa Sow’s second-minute overhead kick and a second-half Jeremain Lens free kick that handed the home side a desired 2:1 win.

With all the attacking options in Rashford, Martial, and Rooney capable of running down their opponents on the pitch when at their best, you would have thought there will be many goals but things went wrong early and Manchester United failed.

The best chance for United came in the 21 minutes as Martial found Rooney in the box but his first touch was not good enough to convert the chance and injury rocked the team again with Paul Pogba forced out of the game after a challenge from Josef de Souza in the 29 minutes and was replaced by Ibrahimovic who was left on the bench from the start of the game.

United’s made further attacking changes by bringing in Mata and Henrikh Mkhitaryan but could not create chances to score and it was more difficult to cope at the back with two left-backs playing at centre-back.

Had the Fenerbahce’s Emmanuel Emenike converted his clear chance following his 68th-minute introduction, the score line would have been different but De Gea that was not at his best in the game made his best save of the 90.th minutes.

One thing to take to Manchester in the match is the fact that Wayne Rooney was back on score sheet.

As United continues their struggles to get the right rhythm against a well-organized defense, it has left some people with questions if Manchester United is in crisis? Are they lacking creativity to break tight defense? Or, has the game advanced beyond Mourinho’s Philosophy, tactics and style? These are questions to be answered as the season progresses.