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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Manchester United’s 6-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur was his worst day at the club before condemning Spurs forward Erik Lamela for his contribution to the expulsion of Anthony Martial in the first half.
United have lost both home games in the Premier League this season, conceding nine goals in the process, after being humiliated by José Mourinho’s Spurs.
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And United manager Solskaer, who played at Old Trafford from 1996 to 2007 and has been a manager since 2018, said he hasn’t had a worse day during his time at the club.
“It’s a horrible feeling, the worst day I’ve ever had as a Manchester United manager and player,” Solskjaer said. “You don’t win football games by making individual mistakes, mistakes, doing a performance like that.
“It is alarming, far from good enough. I raise my hand. It is my decision to choose the team and as a team it is not good enough for Manchester United.”
“When you have a loss like this, which has happened at the club before, you have to look in the mirror.”
United were already 2-1 behind when Martial was sent off by referee Anthony Taylor in the 29th minute for slapping Lamela while defending a corner.
Lamela’s reaction caused Solskjaer’s ridicule.
“This is like a two-edged sword to me,” Solskjaer said. “Anthony, congratulations on not falling when the boy hit you in the throat, but then you shouldn’t react like that with a slap to the throat.
“If you do that, there’s always the possibility of getting fired, but come on, if that was my son, I’d put him in the attic for two weeks without eating. You don’t come down like that, at all. It’s an absolute joke.
“If that was one of my players, I would absolutely hang it up to dry because you don’t fall like that.”
United defender Luke Shaw suggested that he and his teammates gave up after Martial’s red card.
“It was a lack of concentration and then a mistake, another mistake, another mistake,” he said. “We turned off. It really hurts.
“Manchester United shouldn’t lose this way. It really hurts, it’s embarrassing and we’ve let a lot of people down. We have let ourselves and the staff down. We have to look in the mirror, we’re nowhere to be found.” close to him right now. Maybe it’s lucky that we have a break now.
“When we went down to 10 men maybe we gave up, there was not that character on the field. We were too calm and naive. There were a lot of mistakes, we have to do more.” It is shameful. I was embarrassed on the field. We need a long look at ourselves. “
Meanwhile, Mourinho showed no sympathy towards his former club for the red card, adding: “I didn’t see it. Maybe later I will. If anyone can cry for VAR decisions it is Tottenham and if anyone cannot cry for him. VAR is “. Manchester United for sure.
“I don’t know, all I know is that we played very well. I told my players that a good result here would be to win and we did it.”
