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#3 Manchester United lack rhythm in transition. Oh, Paul Pogba... where art thou?
Speaking of French midfield maestros, Paul Pogba's absence has made Manchester United a shadow of the side that rampaged across the land in the early stages of the season. Without him, Matic and Herrera look a touch lost in the middle - especially when under the cosh - Lukaku and Rashford remain bereft of any real service and the connect between defence and attack is as wide a chasm as has ever been seen in a side sitting at no. 2 in the league.
While Henrikh Mkhitaryan's rapid, and alarming, decline in form is easily traceable back to the day Pogba pulled his hamstring.
It's not right that a side of United's calibre depend so on one individual - and Jose Mourinho has rightly not said much about it - but the truth is glaringly obvious. United Pogba to get back to full fitness, and they need him to do it as soon as humanly possible.
