Le Tissier: Man. United Seriously Lacked Quality Against PSV

Manchester United suffered from a "serious lack of quality" during their goalless draw with PSV, according to Matt Le Tissier.

United's hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League hang in the balance after a tepid affair at Old Trafford.

The result leavs United in second place in Group B, just a point above PSV in third and facing a trip to first-place Wolfsburg in the final game.

A win against the German side would see United finish top of the group but if PSV win at home to bottom side CSKA Moscow, a defeat or draw for United in Wolfsburg would see them drop out of the competition and into the Europa League.

A win would have seen Louis van Gaal's side through on Wednesday night, but Le Tissier says United ran out of ideas in the second half, and was surprised Juan Mata was not brought on until the 85th minute.

He told Soccer Special: "The amount of chances they created, the amount of shots on target, they had more than PSV but there just seemed to be a serious lack of quality in terms of creating anything, certainly in the second half.

"The first half they weren't bad, they had spells there and created some chances but in the second half they just seemed to run out of ideas and looked like they ran out of energy at the end.

"Morgan Schneiderlin, who I like as a player, had one of his worst games in a United shirt; he gave the ball away more than I've ever seen him give the ball away.

"I was very surprised that Juan Mata was not brought on sooner than he was, six minutes from the end when he finally came on.

"You could see there wasn't a lot of creativity going on in that Man United midfield. You've got a player sat on the bench who's not the perfect player but the one thing he'll do is create things.

"It just amazed me that they went with the [Marouane] Fellaini option before Mata. I would have expected Mata to have come on after an hour or so."

Van Gaal's side were met with boos at the final whistle by the home crowd, with Jesse Lingard's miscued effort from inside the area with 17 minutes remaining the only clear-cut chance in the second half.

Le Tissier added: "United will look at the game and think they created the better of the chances and Jesse Lingard will probably be kicking himself tonight because he probably had the best chance of the whole football match in the second half.

"The United midfield just did not dominate the game like they should do at home against a team like PSV. You'd think they'd be able to impose themselves a little bit more on them.

"PSV looked fairly comfortable, certainly through that second half and as the second half wore on, they looked the more likely side to go on and win the game."

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