Dimitar Berbatov explained what worried him about Manchester United’s 3-2 win over Aston Villa.
United were 2-0 down at half time at Old Trafford in their Boxing Day game, but a double from Alejandro Garnacho plus a late winner from Rasmus Hojlund - his first in the Premier League - gave United all three points.
Speaking to Betfair, Berbatov was worried that it took a deficit for United to sharpen up.
He said: “Why do we need to wait to go 2-0 down to start playing? I will never know. With United, it's happening a bit too much and after 2-0 down, I was like, 'not again, man'.
“The first-half was not good at all, but after that, the reaction was great. But why wait until the opposition scores one or two to then start playing? Try to play the second-half from the first whistle. How difficult is that?
“Villa scored twice and probably thought they had won the game, which was their mistake. United took advantage of that and scored three goals.”
However, he thinks it was a 'desire' to turn things around which helped Erik ten Hag’s men find their way back.
Berbatov continued: “I think the sheer will of wanting to do something got Man United over the line, to show the fans that they weren't going to give up until the 90th minute, and even if they lost, they were going to show the desire to change things.
“It's like the players said 'sorry' for the first-half and corrected that in the second-half. After that came the quality of the players, the youthfulness and desire and just playing football. Garnacho running up and down trying to make things happen, the brain of Bruno Fernandes and experience of the other players who had been there before - there were a lot of factors that contributed to the comeback.
“The comeback is also to do with what Ten Hag said at half-time. I assume it's something that made them completely change. The factors together brought that result in the end.”