Mason Mount and Joshua Zirkzee displays will give Carrick nightmares

Mason Mount and Joshua Zirkzee displays will give Carrick nightmares

Manchester United escaped from the Stadium of Light with a fortunate point after a 0-0 draw against Sunderland on Saturday.

It was a poor performance from a heavily rotated side, but a point on the road against a spirited Black Cats will go down as a decent result in the end.

This was the Red Devils’ first stalemate of the season, and they had Senne Lammens to thank for keeping the scores level at the end of the 90 minutes.

The Belgian pulled off multiple great saves as the hosts swarmed all over the visitors, with the midfield being cut open time and again.

Mason Mount and Joshua Zirkzee were handed a rare opportunity to impress

Michael Carrick made five changes as he looked to give minutes to fringe players, including handing rare starts to Mason Mount and Joshua Zirkzee.

Both looked slow and off the pace and were lucky not to get hooked at half-time.

With the Red Devils expected to strengthen all over the pitch in the summer, plenty of player sales will be expected.

And INEOS need to be ruthless and both the Englishman and Dutchman demonstrated they are simply not good enough to make the grade at United.

They failed to make it count

The former Chelsea ace’s injury record is nothing to write home about, and he was wasted in midfield, where Carrick decided to play him on Saturday with earning a breather.