Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed that a halftime discussion of Manchester United’s draw with West Ham was held, during which talk about how beating the Hammers instead of drawing with them would make little difference in his final day task against Leicester. .
United would have pulled three points from Leicester with a win over West Ham on Wednesday, and a win by a wide margin would have given them a significant advantage on goal difference and would have secured their place in the top four.
However, they were only able to achieve a tie when Mason Greenwood’s second shot canceled Michail Antonio’s penalty at the halftime stroke.
United entered halftime with one goal less, but Solskjaer has revealed that the players did not panic and knew that a draw or close victory would leave them with the same work to do on Sunday.
“We talked about it at the break … to win the second half and get the result, if we win 1-0, 2-0 today, there is no difference in the draw,” said the Norwegian. MUTV.
“Because then we’ve moved up to third place and you can’t wait to get into games against teams the way West Ham is, and how well organized they are and how hard to play to score three, four, five goals.
“3-0 would have given us a better point for the next game, 5-0, of course, but you don’t do that in the Premier League.”
“They reacted well at halftime, we have to go out into the second half and win it, we did, well, it’s another step forward for them and again we’re back. Bournemouth took the lead, Southampton took the lead now so we’re learning. “
If United avoids defeat against Leicester on the last day of the season, it will return to the Champions League next season.
“Yeah great,” Solskjaer replied when asked how big Sunday’s game will be. “I hope we can go there, positive, knowing that we have done so well so far, rest another 24 hours compared to this game, so we will be fine.”
“The message is to focus on yourself, on recovery, on preparation. Because if you prepare well enough, that’s the confidence everyone needs, to get into the game knowing that we’ve done everything possible and just go out there and try it.”
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