Former defender Rio Ferdinand believes Manchester United must stop dropping points to teams outside the "top six."
The Red Devils fell behind Chelsea in the Premier League title race after a 1-1 draw with Everton at Old Trafford at the weekend.
United have four wins from the first seven Premier League games this term, despite not playing a "top six" side so far.
"I just feel that these games is what we mentioned last season are hurting us, stopping us from contending for the Premier League and it's creeping in this season already. We got away with it at Villarreal midweek, that was alarm bells there," United legend Ferdinand said on Vibe on Five.
"We dropped points before that, we got beat by Aston Villa and then we dropped points against Everton.
"Villa and Everton, no disrespect to those teams but we should be winning those games, it's not a given but if you want to win the league those teams get dismantled and sent back home.
"If you're sitting there four or five games ago you sit there thinking we could win the league this year, we're looking good. But now you look at it and think were still getting the same type of results that messed us up last season, different personnel same results."
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