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Manchester United’s irate manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has harshly criticized the Premier League schedule after his team’s 3-1 win at Everton on Saturday lunchtime, stating that his team “was prepared to fail”.
United traveled to Istanbul Basaksehir for a Champions League group stage clash on Wednesday, a match they lost 2-1, before having to face a renewed Everton at Goodison Park in the early start of the weekend.
And even though his team was coming from behind to claim all three points, the Norwegian still hit what he called the “outright joke” schedule his players faced after Luke Shaw (hamstring), Victor Lindelof (back). and Marcus Rashford (shoulder) all picked up wounds.
“How can you expect players to perform to the best of their ability when he sends them out at 12:30 pm? It’s an absolute joke,” he said at his post-game press conference.
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“A month ago we tried to move this game. What’s the point of playing on a Saturday when we could play on Sunday and then there is an international break?
“I can’t say enough how difficult these times are for everyone, not just footballers, and we want to see quality football.”
“Our players were prepared to miss the schedule today. I pressured my club to really fight the start time in this one to give us at least half a chance, but it was canceled.”
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