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Publication date: Saturday, October 17, 2020 10:43 AM
Man Utd manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised his “inspiring” captain Harry Maguire’s display, and made a strong statement about the direction of his current campaign.
The Red Devils They ran out of winners 4-1 over Newcastle but had to fight to the end before victory could be left out of the question.
The three points come on a day when Liverpool, Everton, Chelsea and Arsenal all lost points, and Solskjaer was well aware of how important it was to win again.
Talking to Sky Sports, Solskjaer He said: “Great result and great character to come back, led by a very inspiring captain.
“The boys got together really well. They look forward to every match. Today I rested some and they came and took care of us. “
Paul Pogba was conspicuously absent from the starting lineup even though the team no longer featured additional attacking talents Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood.
Regarding the decision to have Pogba come off the bench, Solskjaer said: “Paul had hip and back problems when he was away with France, so it was not right to start it.
“We have great games to come. Everyone has to act when they come. I am delighted for him ”.
Club captain Harry Maguire put on a brave display, topped off with a vital goal that brought Man Utd back to the ranks.
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“Harry scored and leads by example,” added the Norwegian. “He showed good character, I’m happy for him. He had a tough couple of weeks since he last played for us. “
Insisting that Man Utd is now up-to-date after his delay in the start of the campaign, Solskjaer stated that his season may finally start to gain momentum from this point on.
“The season started today for us,” he concluded. “We have reached the speed of the game and that was demonstrated today.”
‘Crisis’ was exaggerated – Maguire
Midfielder Harry Maguire put the disappointment of his red card to England behind him by scoring the crucial first-half tie.
Putting aside the notions of crisis in the club, Maguire told Sky Sports: “I would not say that we have responded [the critics]. It’s funny, three games in the season and it looks like a big crisis. He won two, he lost two. There is a long way to go, we have to improve.
“When you play for this club and they beat you at home, we ask questions. We worked hard in training, it’s a great group and we knew we had to recover. I felt like it would have been really tough if we came out with just one point. A totally deserved victory.
“It was important. In every Premier League game we want to be on top. In some games we will not be at our best, but we have to do the basics well and in the games we lost we didn’t do the basics well.
“We knew we needed to score three points and we did it. A difficult race is coming.
“We are still a young team, but we will not use it as an excuse. It was disappointing to start the way we did, but tonight it was a great performance when we needed it. “
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