This was an exercise in how not to use the first of only two matches to tune-up before a major European final from Manchester United.
Ruben Amorim’s team were pattern-less, pathetic and end demoralised with only Friday’s trip to Chelsea left to erase the memory before jetting into Bilbao to face Tottenham in the Europa League final on Wednesday week.
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