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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must offer a change of style at Manchester United and, most importantly, win trophies.
That’s according to Roy Keane and Gary Neville, who believe that, fresh out of United’s early exit from the Champions League, Solskjaer still has points to prove for the rest of this season to show that he can guide United back to the league. top of English and European football.
Solskjaer’s side showed defensive solidity but made little progress in their goalless draw in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford, a point Solskjaer was happy with, but United legends want to see the club dominating the games and lifting the silverware. .
“I think he has to get a trophy,” Keane said, “There is an obsession with being in the top four, but I think Manchester United should do it automatically.
“I think by the end of the season Ole will have been at work long enough to say if we think he is the man who will get Manchester United back in competition for the titles. I still think they are behind Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea. But get some trophies. “
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FREE TO SEE: Highlights from Manchester United’s draw against Manchester City in the Premier League.
But for Neville, it’s as much a question of style as it is of trophy substance that Solskjaer has to answer for the remainder of the season.
“I think Ole has to start dominating the games. In the last 12 months where Manchester United have won games, it has been through two forms of tactics. Either it has been a counterattack or it has been in moments: Southampton and West. Ham, in recent weeks. They’re not what you would really call performances, pushing the other team to the ground. They’re playing in moments.
“In the next six or eight months, they have to dominate the games and dominate the big games. That will be the determining factor for Ole.
“They have to start playing as a team and acting. Today was ‘good’, but it is not a Manchester United tactic to win long-term football matches or win titles. All teams that win titles dominate football matches – dominating possession, being up front and winning big games.Ole doesn’t have Manchester United there yet and has been in charge for two years.
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Neville claims fans should not accept both Manchester clubs’ approach to the derby
“He has seven big months to do that. If he doesn’t, he will have problems.”
“Last season was huge, finishing third. That was a great, great moment for him. But now he has to get closer to City and Liverpool and dominate the games. I don’t see him right now. The performances that I’m seeing are not what good enough.
“We know him, he will not think they are good enough, he will not think that the performance of the first half at West Ham was close to the standard that will lead Manchester United to a title. They are not close.”
Nev: United continues to manipulate him
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Neville, Keane and Micah Richards discuss Paul Pogba’s future at Manchester United with Neville and Keane suggesting that he should be allowed to leave the club.
Two months ago, when United was dismantled by Tottenham at Old Trafford, Neville described United as “snatching defeat from victory” over the summer as a result of their inability to recruit properly in the wake of their Champions League qualification. and he remains convinced that Solskjaer, like his predecessors, has been disappointed in the transfer market.
“I still have in the back of my mind with this club that to allow a coach to win the title you have to put it together with the players to do it,” Neville said. “He needed another center-back, he needed another winger.
“Today, they had Paul Pogba on the left wing and Mason Greenwood on the right wing. They are still manipulating him. They have six midfielders and they are trying to squad them all into round holes, all the time.
“I don’t think in the last five or six years they have given any manager a team that can win the title. And that’s the job of the people at the top. There is a double blame in terms of why Manchester United have no success. But Ole has to get closer to that group of players. “
Solskjaer: Best performance against City
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Solskjaer says it was the best derby of his time in charge
For Solskjaer himself, he claimed the performance was better than what they had ever played against City under his tenure, despite beating City three times last season.
He said Sky sports: “It’s a close game, two good teams. I know we won them a few times last season, but they were different games, we counterattacked them.
“Today was the most we’ve been in the game, in terms of possession, control, we kept them further away from our box, but they had a few moments. Tactically we knew we were going to get some trouble, and I thought defensively. We were excellent.
“I’m delighted with the defensive form, and again with the ball we didn’t create as much as we wanted. In general, with a draw, everyone should be happy with that.
“[Champions League exit] It was a huge disappointment and a huge setback, and a mental challenge for everyone when that happens to you.
“We knew today was going to be a great match, so everyone was willing to do it, but of course the mental energy you spend trying to recover from Tuesday is high, so I thought the guys deserve praise.
“I thought we did well with the ball, and that was the reason behind some of the selections we made. We changed it a little after half an hour, we got Scotty and Fred more right.
“[The glass is] always half full with me. That’s the way you have to look at it. In my time against City, that’s the best performance we’ve ever had. It’s not the best result, but it is the best performance. “
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