MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer labelled Sunday’s 5-0 hammering at house to Liverpool the “darkest day” he has had as supervisor of the membership however mentioned he had no intention of quitting his function.
United had been 4-0 down at halftime after woeful defending towards the lethal Liverpool assault, led by hat-trick hero Mohamed Salah.
“It isn’t simple to say one thing aside from it’s the darkest day I’ve had main these gamers,” mentioned the Norwegian who took over on the membership in December 2018.
“We weren’t adequate individually and as a group, cannot give a group like Liverpool these probabilities however sadly we did.
“The entire efficiency was not adequate. We created openings, they’d probabilities and so they have been medical. The third aim determined the sport,” he added.
“You’ll be able to take a look at final season, we lose to Spurs (Tottenham Hotspur) 6-1 – that is worse, miles worse. That is miles worse for me as a Manchester lad. I’ve simply acquired to say we have now to recover from this as shortly as we will.”
United are with out a win of their final 4 video games and at the moment are eight factors behind leaders Chelsea, a place which can improve the calls from some quarters for a change of supervisor.
However Solskjaer mentioned that there was no query of him chucking up the sponge.
“I’ve come too far, we have now come too far as a gaggle. We’re too shut to surrender now,” he mentioned.
Nonetheless, he conceded that he now has a troublesome activity in getting the group again heading in the right direction.
“It’ll be a troublesome one. The gamers can be low however there’s a great deal of characters there,” he mentioned.
“We all know we’re all-time low, we will not really feel any worse than this. Let’s have a look at the place we take it.”
(Reporting by Simon Evans; Enhancing by Christian Radnedge)
