Solskjaer bemoans ‘lack of quality’ after Manchester United defeat

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fears a lack of quality could cost his side Champions League qualification following a limp 1-0 loss at Bournemouth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United arrived at the Vitality Stadium in form and searching for a fourth successive away win in the space of just 10 days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But their mini-revival was abruptly ended after former United forward Joshua King settled the rain-soaked south coast clash with a fine solo effort moments before half-time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With just 11 games of the Premier League season played&comma; the Reds are already playing catch up in the race for a top-four finish&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Ole delivers his verdict on today&&num;39&semi;s match&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;MUFC&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;MUFC<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;29eEacbB6k">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;29eEacbB6k<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Manchester United &lpar;&commat;ManUtd&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ManUtd&sol;status&sol;1190661798468497409&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">November 2&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And Solskjaer&comma; whose team have been reduced to Europa League football this term&comma; has warned his players that they must dramatically improve in order to return to Europe’s premier club competition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s a test of character when you come down to places like this&semi; 1-0 down&comma; half-time&period; I thought the response second half&comma; at least we went for it&comma;” said Solskjaer&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We didn’t stop trying but it was the lack of quality that couldn’t give us the point or three&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We need a response because games like this you need to win if you want to challenge for the top four and today we’re disappointed&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But I don’t think it’s the effort or the want to do well&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For us we’ve had a good period going into this game&comma; now we’ve got to react to a defeat and I am sure we will&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United should have been full of confidence on the back of quick-fire wins on the road over Partizan Belgrade&comma; Norwich and Chelsea in three different competitions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But&comma; after a bright start in Dorset&comma; they soon faded as King found space in the box to pirouette past the out-of-position Aaron Wan-Bissaka and thump home on the volley&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"es" dir&equals;"ltr">DIEEEEEEGO 🇪🇸 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;CQRIGwMQRS">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;CQRIGwMQRS<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; AFC Bournemouth &lpar;&commat;afcbournemouth&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;afcbournemouth&sol;status&sol;1190655132352032768&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">November 2&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The glorious goal was Bournemouth’s first in 359 top-flight minutes and condemned United to an 11th successive away game without a Premier League clean sheet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United substitute Mason Greenwood struck a post as the visitors pushed for a late leveller but Solskjaer admitted his strike force &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;flattered to deceive”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Norwegian also expressed regret at not freshening up his team after naming the same XI which won last Saturday at Carrow Road&comma; seven of whom started Wednesday’s Carabao Cup win at Stamford Bridge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think as a whole team we started well but we were lacking a bit of end product and the quality at the end&comma;”<&sol;em> said Solskjaer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I thought the front four looked promising but just flattered to deceive a little bit today&period; It looked like we could create chances but we just didn’t have the last pass or the last finish and that’s something we need to improve on&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s natural when you play Wednesday night and then the early kick-off on Saturday that the physical stats might be affected&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That’s maybe my mistake&period; Maybe I should have&comma; could have played a couple of others with fresh legs but I thought the ones that played against Norwich deserved another chance&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bournemouth moved three points ahead of their opponents with a first top-flight win in five games having failed to hit the net for the duration of October&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Josh King&&num;39&semi;s well-taken first-half goal gives <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;afcbournemouth&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;afcbournemouth<&sol;a> their first win in 5 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;PL&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;PL<&sol;a> matches<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;BOUMUN&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;BOUMUN<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;lK24oKgXdg">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;lK24oKgXdg<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Premier League &lpar;&commat;premierleague&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;premierleague&sol;status&sol;1190634912807882752&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">November 2&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cherries boss Eddie Howe hailed King’s memorable strike and a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;key” three points&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;From the team’s perspective it was very well constructed and then Josh still had a lot of work&period; The way he swivelled and hit that ball was hugely impressive&comma;”<&sol;em> Howe said of the winner&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I know when you play against your former clubs it can have extra meaning and I think Josh is the type of lad who wants to do well in every game but I’m sure that will be a special moment for him and it’s great to see him celebrate with his team-mates and enjoy the win today&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ad-container">&NewLine;<div><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We felt we needed that win&comma; for our own confidence and impetus into our season&period; I think that was a really key game today&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed129075e5d">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed129075e5d'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


Discover more from London Glossy Post

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

- Advertisement -
Exit mobile version