Former Crystal Palace striker Clinton Morrison on BBC Radio 5 Live: "Manchester United are nowhere near good enough.

"I've praised Carrick a lot but I'm not praising him now - he had to bring Bruno Fernandes on at half-time. I don't care what the situation is, you're 2-0 down.

"I understand Cunha coming on but I would have put Bruno on as well.

"If you want to make a statement about not having Bruno Fernandes because of the comments he made, just leave him out of the squad. Having him on the bench opens him up to criticism.

"Just be honest, don't say it was tactical, you did it because of the comments he made."

European football expert Julien Laurens on BBC Radio 5 Live before kick-off: "I think if the sanctions against Lisandro Martinez had been the right ones, I'm not sure Bruno would have said that after the Como game.

"It's about boundaries and having to set limits for your own squad so things like that don't happen and now, for two senior players within the space of six days to go after the sporting director, your owners, your manager, your staff is just embarrassing. It's such a circus.

"Leave him at home, he doesn't need to be on the bench - it's half of a sanction again. He's just going to be behind Carrick and I don't think he should be there full stop."

Ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher on Sky Sports before kick-off: "Bruno Fernandes is Manchester United's best player, we can't get away from that. PFA Player of the Year last year. He had to make the stand, Michael Carrick.

"Even though he's the best player, there will be a lot of people who don't actually like playing with him in the United team. He's permanently throwing his arms up at people, he's basically saying, 'you're not good enough to play with me'."

That's what we see from Fernandes a lot when things aren't going right for United.