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Publication date: Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:30 AM
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seemed happy with Manchester United’s performance despite the Red Devils again failing to score three points at Old Trafford.
United drew 0-0 with Chelsea to take his winless home run to three games to start the season. It’s the first time since 1972 that the Red Devils have not won any of the first three home games of a season since 1972.
The point also means that they remain in the lower half of the table with only seven points in five games.
But Solskjaer he was interested in pointing out that he felt that United were the better of the two teams on the night and were more likely to win the contest.
Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: “[It was] Two teams that played in Europe this week, I think that showed a bit in the first half. I think in the second half we kept going and if the Stretford End was full we could have gotten help and crossed the line.
“I think we link them, we create decent opportunities. [It was] very good blocking by Thiago Silva and a great save by the goalkeeper [Edouard Mendy]. Has made a couple of fantastic saves from Marcus [Rashford].
“Overall a good defensive performance and we created enough big opportunities, or at least the two big ones, that could have given us the win.”
When asked what the main positive aspects he was getting out of the game, he added: “We have a clean sheet, we had some pressure here but we stopped the home run of losses.
“We wanted to win, of course you want to win the football game at home, but I think it’s a solid performance when you think about the week we’ve had. We had a very good week with two wins and a draw ”.
Van de Beek ‘will get his games’
Solskjaer was also questioned about the lack of playing time for the summer signing Donny van de Beek.
After being hired as a substitute in the 88th minute against PSG in the middle of the week, the midfielder watched the entire match against Chelsea from the bench. This raised questions as to why United spent £ 35 million on the Dutchman if he is not going to play regularly.
When asked about the situation after the match, Solskjaer did not reveal why he has not been playing, but insisted that he will be given opportunities.
“Don’t worry about it, you will get your games,” he said. “It’s easy to say who should play and harder to say who shouldn’t.”
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