United's Europa League exit pinpointed the underlying difference between the current squad and successful dynasties of old. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side did not underperform. They just underwhelmed in front of goal.
Across the two games, United fashioned 46 shots. But their inability to score once from open play is an indictment of poor recruitment over many years and a slight misreading of Sir Alex Ferguson's template for success. In a literal sense, that's true. Three semi-final defeats in a single season felt very familiar, even if that's never happened at any other club before.
When he wasn't winning everything with kids, Ferguson was also capturing Cantona, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, van Nistelrooy and van Persie at the peak of their striking powers.The biggest and best club bought the biggest and best strikers available. In terms of stature, ability and consistency, Kane is very much the Shearer of the modern era. Solskjaer cannot allow United to make the same mistake twice.
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