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Ole Gunnar Solskjær has denied that Manchester United’s terrible form at home is due to a mental barrier after Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Old Trafford turned it into three defeats and a draw from all four of their Premier League matches. this season.
While the Gunners’ first three points at United in 14 years came from a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty in the 69th minute, Solskjær’s side have also lost 3-1 to Crystal Palace and 6-1 to Tottenham as they draw. 0-0 with Chelsea at home. United has just seven points from six games.
“I don’t think it’s a mental thing,” Solskjaer said. “The state of home and away form is out the window with no fans in the stadium. You can’t look at that. It really doesn’t mean too much. We played fantastic on Wednesday [beating RB Leipzig 5-0] and now we lose. But we need to score points on the board. Now we have to focus on next week and Everton. “
However, Solskjær admitted that United were not on fire. “We weren’t at the races,” said the Norwegian. “We were too careless, too many passes were diverted and the rotation was not there. Sometimes you play against good teams and today it was a soft penalty: I had 0-0 written throughout the game [before this]. “
Paul Pogba conceded the penalty for a poorly judged thrust that he admitted was “stupid” as Héctor Bellerín was moving away from goal.
“You need to stay on your feet. Paul knows it is a soft penalty to give away similar to Nemanja [Matic] he was about to receive a penalty, ”said Solskjær, referring to when the midfielder had a second half together with Arsenal central Gabriel.
Pogba was sorry. “We know it is a bad performance. I myself cannot reveal a foul like this, ”he said.
“I thought I would touch the ball but I didn’t. Today it cost us the goal with the penalty. Like I say, details. We have to do better, the team, myself, starts with me.
“I felt like I touched him a bit, I knew he was in the box, he shouldn’t have taken a penalty like that – maybe he was a little out of breath, he made me make this stupid mistake. I’ll learn from that, I’m not the best defensively in the box, I can work on that.
“We also need to do more with the ball by creating opportunities. We did not expect to be man by man, but after this we can adapt, we have to find a solution, but we did not.
“That’s why we were not dangerous with the ball. The performance of the team must be much better. “
