Gary Neville identifies three Manchester United improvements Ruben Amorim must make

Former captain Gary Neville has highlighted three key areas in which incoming Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim must oversee an improvement.

Following Sunday's 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Old Trafford, United have now won just one of their last six Premier League matches, leaving them 13th in the table after their opening 10 games this season.

Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring in the stalemate with the Blues with just 20 minutes left, tucking home a penalty, only for Moises Caicedo to bring the Londoners level just four minutes later with a brilliant volley.

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Although United squandered two brilliant chances to reclaim the lead and scoop all three points in the closing stages, their overall performance left a lot to be desired, with Chelsea the better side for long spells of the contest.

United's performance highlighted just how big a job Amorim, who will officially take charge at Old Trafford next Monday, has on his hands to try and transform the club's fortunes. Post-match, Neville, who commentated on the game, picked out some of his biggest concerns with United's current performances, pinpointing three key areas of their game that Amorim must improve.

"It was sober reading about how high Manchester United play up the pitch," Neville said, speaking on his Sky Sports podcast. "When I looked at the average start distance of the teams up the pitch, Manchester City are first, Arsenal second, Liverpool third, Tottenham fourth and Brighton are fifth. Manchester United are down in tenth.

"If you want to push your defence up the pitch, which is what I think every team looks to do nowadays, Amorim has got to start with that because Manchester United quite often have to travel 70, 80 yards to score a goal because they're so deep and they play like the underdog in games.

"The other metric was possession one in the final third. So possession won high up the pitch: first was Manchester City, second was Tottenham, third was Arsenal and fourth was Liverpool. Manchester United are ninth.

"The final one I asked for was the highest turnovers. City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal made up the top four while Manchester United were ninth. These three things are critical to performance levels.

"Man United played like a team that is sat behind the ball. 'Let's try and get them on the counter or score from a set piece'.

"That's got to change. You've got to be a team of dominance. And I mean dominance. I mean dominating the ball in the final third, dominating your forwards and staying high up the pitch."