Former Manchester United forward Robin van Persie says the club's current players betrayed an old Sir Alex Ferguson mantra in their Champions League loss to Istanbul Basaksehir.
United went down 2-1 to the Turkish champions to suffer their first European defeat of the season, with Basaksehir's win also their first win at this level.
Former Premier League forward Demba Ba opened the scoring for the hosts, with Edin Visca grabbing a second before Anthony Martial pulled one back but to no avail.
Van Persie, working as a pundit for BT Sport, was left disappointed with United's effort throughout the 90 minutes. "They missed the urgency to commit," said the Dutchman. "In my time at Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson said 'I don't mind losing as
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