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Paul scholes and Rio Ferdinand are at it again after they criticised Jose Mourinho of being negative with Paul Scholes branding them inconsistent.

United have endured their worst start to a Premier League season in 28 years, with Mourinho's side managing only eight goals in eight domestic games at Old Trafford so far this campaign.

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The Portuguese manager has seen his relationship with the likes of Paul Pogba grow strained and the likes of Scholes have been damning in their assessment of his reign.

The pressure on Mourinho was lifted somewhat by a brilliant 2-1 win at Juventus earlier this month, but defeat by Manchester City put his side back under the microscope.

Now Scholes, Ferdinand and ex-United midfielder Owen Hargreaves have twisted the knife further in the wake of United's goalless draw against Crystal Palace.

'I just think they're a really inconsistent team - you don't know what you're going to get,' Scholes told BT Sport ahead of United's clash with Young Boys on Tuesday.

'They'll go to Juve, which wasn't a great performance but (they) got the result. They can't score at home against the likes of Wolves and Palace and it's at home where scoring goals has been a big problem.'


Hargreaves added: 'That highlight against Juve was remarkable but then the derby was so one-sided... they take one step forward then two steps back.'

Ferdinand won six Premier League titles and the Champions League under Sir Alex Ferguson. And he says Mourinho's side now represent the antithesis of some of the swashbuckling United teams of yesteryear.

'It's unfair to harp back to old times with the new regimes but it needs good passing and positive play – it's the total opposite to what we're seeing with the current team and it's very much with the identity of this team.

'A lot of time it's they'll receive the ball, take it, look up and then think, 'Ah I'll pass it'. The players they have there have the ability to do that.'

United won their Champions league match on Tuesday thanks to a goal from Fellaini after they have squandered a number of chances before De Gea made a sensational save to keep them in the game.

The win would be a welcome boost and a relief to the Portuguese manager who have seen his team lost to their noisy neighbors before an unconvincing draw at Old Trafford.