Man Utd vs Arsenal: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reacts to 1-0 loss
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer isn’t the right man for the top job at Old Trafford, and the players don’t respect him. That’s the opinion of Watford striker Troy Deeney.
United suffered another defeat on Sunday as they lost 1-0 to Arsenal at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils failed to create enough going forward and were punished when Paul Pogba took down Hector Bellerin in the penalty area, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang slotting home the spot-kick.
United now sit in 15th spot in the Premier League table, having won just two league games this season.
Solskjaer faced criticism after the game for his management and substitution decisions, having taken off Bruno Fernandes for Donny van de Beek in the second half.
Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer issued sack warning as players ‘don’t respect’ him (Image: GETTY)
The game was Solskjaer’s 100th as United manager, but speculation suggests he might not be in charge for much longer.
The Norwegian boss has been the subject of heavy speculation this season – with reports earlier in the campaign claiming Mauricio Pochettino was being lined up as a potential replacement.
United made a terrible start to the season, and it was claimed after their 6-1 defeat against Tottenham that the club could pull the trigger and fire him if results don’t improve.
Since then they made a brief turnaround in form with wins over Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig, but Sunday’s defeat was a disappointing setback.
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After the game, former United midfielder Roy Keane launched into a rant over the current crop of players, and claimed they’ll end up getting Solskjaer sacked.
But Deeney claimed they simply don’t respect him because he’s clearly not the right person to take them forward and start challenging for major trophies again.
Speaking to talkSPORT, he explained that very few players have actually developed their skills and progressed under Solskjaer’s management.
Deeney discussed Pogba’s poor performance against Arsenal but claimed he wasn’t the only player to be under-par.
"If you had to look back over 100 games, you’d probably say ‘no'," he said when asked if Solskjaer is the right man for the job.
“I don’t think anybody else with that record would get the length of time he’d done.
“He seems like a lovely guy, I don’t know him, it’s not personal, I just don’t think he demands the respect off the other players.
“You listen to Roy Keane and the rant he had afterwards which was epic as always, I just don’t see how the players respect Solskjaer, you don’t see much change.
Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer issued sack warning as players ‘don’t respect’ him (Image: GETTY)
“Other than Greenwood, Rashford has started coming into his own, who would you really say has improved after him? That would be the question I’d ask.
“I think Pogba takes a lot of criticism and takes a lot of the blame away from a lot of people at Man United, but there were so many average performances yesterday in a game of that magnitude, why is that happing?
“They’ve just come off a couple of wins in the Champions League where everyone was saying they were ‘back to the United of old’, but you don’t see anything that would suggest they’re going to continue it for five or six weeks.”
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