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Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick has spoken out after his side’s lacklustre 0-0 draw with Watford on Saturday. The Red Devils had gone into the game on a high after beating Brighton and Leeds and drawing with Atletico Madrid. Yet their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League are now very much in the balance. 

United created many chances against Watford, with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Anthony Elanga, Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba all failing to take them.

And it means the Red Devils are now looking increasingly likely to be playing in the Europa League, rather than the Champions League, next season.

United really needed to win against Watford, especially with Tottenham cruising past Leeds and Arsenal edging out Wolves on Thursday night.

But this was very much a case of two points dropped, rather than one earned.

Rangnick has now spoken out after the game and the 63-year-old has aimed a dig at players by suggesting their woeful finishing was responsible for the result, insisting he and his coaching staff had done everything right to win the game.

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“In the first half we had five massive chances then in the second half we had another three or four.

“Today we had enough chances to win that game.

“Sometimes we are unlucky, when we hit the post, but we also had a few opportunities one-on-one with the goalkeeper.”

United are next in action against Manchester City next Sunday.

They’ll be hoping to avoid a repeat of what happened earlier in the season, with the Red Devils losing 2-0 at Old Trafford when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was in charge.