Interim boss Ralf Rangnick admits his Manchester United players are not physical enough.
The Red Devils stuttered to a scarcely deserved point against Leicester City at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Saturday.
Speaking about the clash, which sees United drop to seventh in the table after the weekend's games, Rangnick indicated that a lack of physicality was a big problem for his squad.
"I don't think we have a lack of character but what was obvious in some parts of the game is that we were second best with regards to physicality," Rangnick said.
"It was about one on one duels. We spoke about that counter-attacking moment we had ourselves where they tackled us twice, within two seconds [and went on to score] and the same was true in quite a few other moments.
"Whenever there was body contact, we were too often we were second best. This is something we have to get better at for the rest of this season but even more so for the next season."
Asked about Bruno Fernandes backing out of challenge with Kieron Dewsbury-Hall, Rangnick added: "Yeah, but the same was true with Fred and he is one of our physical and aggressive players but I am not only talking about this specific moment.
"There were quite a few other moments where I just felt we could have been more dynamic, more physical, more aggressive but we weren't in those moments."
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