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LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised his team’s consistent form away from home after they maintained their 100 percent road record with a 3-1 Premier League win over the West Ham United on Saturday.
United have won all five road trips this season, coming from behind to secure victory in every game.
“Of course you are very, very happy with the form as a visitor. I think the form at home is decent, we are becoming more and more consistent and we are dealing better with games like this. When you are 1-0, 2-0 the Guys still believe and that character is important, “Solskjaer said.
“Away from home we have character and confidence. Five times on the rebound to come from behind and win is exceptional,” added the Norwegian.
United had been well below their best in the first half of the match, trailing 1-0 at halftime before Solskjaer pitched two players he hoped to rest: Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford.
“At the end of the season you don’t care about performance. At the moment we know that there are things that we have to improve, some simple passes in the first half but in the second half that quality returned and the three goals were exceptional,” he said.
“Bruno and Marcus came in and did well. In the first half we had a lot of possession but we didn’t go anywhere with the ball. In the second half we stretched them more and ran behind. The quality was much better, the goals were exceptional,” he said.
West Ham manager David Moyes was upset that United’s tie was not ruled out, arguing that a long, high ball down goalkeeper Dean Henderson’s line went out of play before Fernandes picked it up, who set the big shot by Paul Pogba.
“I thought we played very well tonight. The only reason they stretched us was a bad decision. The ball went over my head on the touchline, there was no one in a better position to see it than me,” said the Scottish.
“The ball was out of play, the reaction of the players is the best way to see it and all of our players knew it was out of play as well.
“(After that) we shut down. It really gave us a bad feeling about that disappointment,” Moyes said.
(Reporting by Simon Evans, edited by Ed Osmond)
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