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- Updated: September 11, 2016
Manchester United’s players cannot become passengers in the side if they are to win the Premier League, Neil Custis told the Sunday Supplement.
Jose Mourinho was critical of his team’s display at Old Trafford, where they lost 2-1 to rivals Manchester City.
The United boss started both Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Jesse Lingard, but hauled them off at half-time, bringing on Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera.
And Custis, The Sun’s northern football correspondent, said Mourinho cannot afford for players to go missing if they are to challenge for the league.
“Mourinho has come in and made the players feel wanted and he’s getting the best out of them,” said Custis.
“But you can’t afford to have passengers in a side when you can only lose three or four games this …