Onana & Amrabat endured nightmare against City while Mount is forgotten £60m man

Manchester United's new ownership have been talking about knocking rivals City 'off their perch' but Sunday's derby defeat was a brutal reminder of just how lofty that currently is.

Although not as humiliating as last season's 6-3 thrashing at the Etihad, City's 3-1 victory over United on Sunday was as emphatic as they come.

Although Marcus Rashford's screamer offered United hope of a shock win, normal service had very much been resumed by the end thanks to Phil Foden's double and Erling Haaland's sealer.

That third goal stemmed from Andre Onana and Sofyan Amrabat making a hash of a clearance as two of United's summer arrivals failed to cover themselves in glory.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has pledged to transform recruitment at Old Trafford after enormous sums of money were wasted over the past decade.

He will certainly include last summer's signings in his evaluations now we're into March and United's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League dangle by a thread.

So how have the players United brought in last summer for a combined spend of over £180million performed so far?

RASMUS HOJLUND

£72m, Atalanta

United could have done with Hojlund's tenacity and willingness to chase down long balls as their visit to the Etihad turned into the Alamo on Sunday.

Unfortunately the in-form striker was sidelined by injury and he was certainly missed by Erik ten Hag and his team-mates.

Hojlund, 21, arrived at Old Trafford shouldering the burden of an enormous £72million transfer fee and - despite scoring regularly in United's ill-fated Champions League campaign - didn't net in the Premier League until Boxing Day.

That goal against Aston Villa opened the floodgates, however, and Hojlund has looked unstoppable since, scoring in six consecutive matches