Chris Smalling and Phil Jones were too of the best defensive prospects of their generation when they were younger. The pair have never quite lived up to the billing but at least they're as good as each other when it comes to hilarious moments.
Former Blackburn Rovers defender Jones was once labelled as having the potential to be Manchester United's greatest ever player, and it's not like that was by his mum it was by Sir Alex Ferguson!
Smalling maybe wasn't as highly thought of but he moved from non league football to impressing at Fulham in the Premier League before United made a move for him with Arsenal already circling.
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The pair have suffered from injuries during their time at Old Trafford but perhaps more importantly suffered from being a bit rubbish!
Jones has become more famous for his wonderful facial expressions and eccentric defending and at the beginning of second half Smalling attempted his own impression of his central defensive partner:
It looked for a while like United didn't have to worry too much about their defence in this game.
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Middlesbrough don't tend to score too many goals and United took a half-time lead against them before Jesse Lingard doubled Jose Mourinho's side's lead in the second half.
However that saw the Old Trafford club go deeper and Boro put them under pressure before Rudy Gestede halved the deficit after Smalling's poor attempt at a clearance.
It's fair to say United could probably do with some new centre backs!
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