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'It's the formation that's been bad, 4-2-4... you are going to get absolutely DESTROYED with that': Paul Scholes critical of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tactics after Manchester United's woeful first-half against Atalanta

Paul Scholes has taken aim at the two-man midfield in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's formation, claiming it leaves Manchester United susceptible to being 'absolutely destroyed' following their woeful first half against Atalanta.

United found themselves two goals down at half time of their crunch Champions League Group F fixture at Old Trafford.

Mario Pasalic opened the scoring for the Serie A giants with a close-range finish before Merih Demiral took advantage of some slack set-piece defending to head home a corner.

Former midfielder Paul Scholes
Man United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

But speaking to BT Sport at half time, former United midfielder Scholes slammed the set-up deployed by the Norwegian as 'bad', and left them incredibly likely for the two players in the centre to be overrun.