Manchester United: Ralf Rangnick defends decision to take off Mason Greenwood during loss to Wolves

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Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick has defended his decision to sub off Mason Greenwood during their 1-0 home defeat to Wolves on Monday night - insisting he 'had to take off somebody'.

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he Red Devils produced a poor display at Old Trafford and succumbed to a late loss against Bruno Lage's side as Joao Moutinho struck in the 82nd minute to clinch a shock win and continue United's up and down season.

Rangnick's tactics came into question following the defeat and supporters showed their discontent with his decisions during the game as a section were heard booing his call to substitute Mason Greenwood for Bruno Fernandes, with the game then still level at 0-0.

'Mason was good but I had to take somebody off and we didn't want to take one of our sixes off.

'So the question was should I take off Edi or Mason and I decided to take off Mason.'

It wasn't just the fans who Rangnick was facing criticism from, as pundit Jamie Redknapp took aim at his tactics, saying his 4-2-2-2 formation 'didn't work'.

Speaking on Sky Sports, Redknapp said: 'We speak about managers coming into the game and he came in with this famed 4-2-2-2 system - it doesn't work.

'When you come here, you have to have the right players, it doesn't matter what system you play. Then he went to a three at the back, today he played 4-4-2 and at the end of it, I think he's making up systems. There was no real identity of how they were trying to play.