Derby played with more ‘intensity’, says Young

ASHLEY Young admits United failed to match Derby’s intensity as he skippered the side to a shock Carabao Cup exit hours after Paul Pogba was stripped of the vice-captaincy.

Pogba has worn the armband in Antonio Valencia’s absence three times this season, including the shock 3-2 humbling at Brighton that led him to concede they did not deserve to win as the hosts had ‘more hunger’.

Stand-in skipper Young’s comments after the Derby defeat were similar.

“There’s disappointment in (the dressing room), as you can tell,” the United full-back said.

“Obviously going down to 10 men is not easy. We got ourselves back in the game, but then it’s a lottery on penalties really.

“I’m not sure what the score was, but when you score that many you think you can win the game.

“I’m not too sure whether we did enough in 90 minutes to win the game, but we managed to dig deep, show character and take it to penalties. But it just wasn’t enough to win the game.”

Marouane Fellaini’s late header snatched a 2-2 draw that took the match to penalties, just as Derby looked set to win in 90 minutes through Harry Wilson and Jack Marriott goals either side of Sergio Romero’s sending-off.

Few could have imagined United bowing out when they went ahead inside three minutes, but their inability to add to Juan Mata’s opener proved costly as they failed to raise their game days after stuttering to a home draw against Wolves.

“After 1-0 we created chances and, on a different day, the ball goes in the back of the net and it’s a different game,” Young said.

“I think we said that when you play against teams from lower divisions it’s going to be tough.

“I think they had more intensity than we did.”