Jesse Lingard has admitted that Manchester United were 'way off the pace' in Saturday's Manchester derby.

Lingard was a surprise starter at Old Trafford after missing the opening weeks of the season through injury, and the Englishman was part of a Red Devils team that lost 2-1 to Manchester City in the first derby of the new campaign.

The midfielder, however, has insisted that his side can have no excuses following a disappointing first-half performance and has vowed that the 20-time English champions will respond to the setback.

Live and you learn and you go again!! No excuses!! #wayoffit pic.twitter.com/KxCO7J9ecR

— Jesse Lingard (@JesseLingard) September 11, 2016

Lingard was substituted at the interval of the derby as 18-year-old Marcus Rashford, who was tipped to start after netting a hat-trick for England Under-21s last week, entered the frame.

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Matt Law