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Manchester United fans were in no doubt about Paul Pogba’s performance against FC Rostov

Published 22:33 9 Mar 2017 GMT

Robert Redmond
Manchester United fans were in no doubt about Paul Pogba’s performance against FC Rostov

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We've been here before with Paul Pogba.

Pogba has come in for heavy criticism for his performance in Manchester United's 1-1 draw away to FC Rostov in the Europa League on Thursday night. Henrikh Mkhitaryan, on his return from injury, gave United the lead in the first half before Aleksandr Bukharov equalised just after half-time for the Russian side. However, considering Rostov have only lost one of their last eight games at home, and the pitch was in terrible condition, it appears to be a positive result for Jose Mourinho's side. United will be confident of advancing to the quarter-finals of the competition with the return leg to come at Old Trafford next week. Some United fans found fault with the performance of one player though. Pogba may receive added criticism because he's the most expensive player in the history of football, and he's still only 23, but there's no escaping that he was poor against Rostov. The French midfielder is very talented, and has the potential to develop into a world class player. But, as Frank Lampard and Jamie Carragher highlighted from his performance against Bournemouth last Saturday, the 23-year-old can lack discipline, be defensively poor and is still a long way from being a player who can change a game. With his price tag, and the hype around his return to Old Trafford, he is bound to come under extra scrutiny, especially when he doesn't play well. https://twitter.com/_ManishPandey/status/839929676789387271 https://twitter.com/badseedgh/status/839926274114060289 https://twitter.com/ApE481/status/839929587614298112 https://twitter.com/CreativeMartial/status/839928113924567046 https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Zuyi/status/839927782507433985 https://twitter.com/brissy1960/status/839927072243900416 https://twitter.com/TylerSheppard42/status/839926264966307843 https://twitter.com/EIgatoPereira1/status/839923434608017408 https://twitter.com/Darrencahill/status/839926228266192896 Some defended him though. https://twitter.com/nathanielhyatt/status/839936730685976577 https://twitter.com/jay4manutd/status/839931174092951553 https://twitter.com/jimmymcbride1/status/839930934002601984 https://twitter.com/jonmikesav8/status/839927029596368896  
Manchester United fans were in no doubt about Paul Pogba's performance against FC Rostov