Manchester United signed off pre-season with a 1-0 friendly defeat against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena over the weekend. On the face of it, a narrow away defeat against one of Europe's best teams and still without a handful of key players looks respectable. In reality, United were disappointing, struggling to create and generally failing to attack with any gusto.
It became an all too familiar sight as last season wore on, despite an outstanding start to the campaign during which United had netted four goals in four of their first Premier League games.