DBasia.news – In two consecutive leagues throughout the competition, Manchester United has swallowed two consecutive defeats with a score of (0-3) against Barcelona and (0-4) against Everton. The impact given by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has slowly faded.
Richarlison, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Lucas Digne, and Theo Walcott, became Everton’s four goal scorers in Goodison Park, in the 35 week Premier League that was held Sunday (21/4) evening WIB. The defeat came after the Red’s failure in the Champions League.
Worse yet, United only released one kick on target on the 86th minute. Solskjaer ran out of words describing his team’s game and could only apologize to fans who continued to give their support.
“From the first minute everything was wrong. I just wanted to apologize to the fans. They were the only people with badges today who raised their heads high as we couldn’t do it,” Solskjaer told Sky Sports.
“We were beaten in all aspects today and the only place we beat Everton – I did not say I beat them – but we have fantastic support and I just want to apologize for the performance we showed.”
“We did not look good. It was not worthy of being called the Manchester United team. The performance was not good enough for a team like Manchester United, for me to players, we disappointed fans, we disappointed the club. It was difficult to describe as it was very bad,” he explained.
The four goals that nested into De Gea’s goal meant that United went through 11 matches in a row without a clean sheet and this last happened in 1998. Plus, this season United has conceded 46 goals and made this the team’s worst defense in a Premier League season.
Solskjaer, from 17 games conceded 17 goals, while former United manager, Jose Mourinho, conceded 29 goals in 17 matches. The statistics showed a little of United’s kindness under Solskjaer rather than Mourinho, but the facts were otherwise.
Since being appointed as United’s permanent manager at the end of last May, Solskjaer has a winning ratio of 33.3 percent and the ratio lost to Mourinho in the first half of the season – before being replaced by Solskjaer.
The Special One won 10 times, drew seven times and lost seven times with a winning ratio of 41.6 percent. Solskjaer’s record was even better when he was still an interim (temporary) manager with a record of 14 wins, two draws and three losses in all competitions with a winning ratio of 73.7 percent.
United now only have a target finish in the Champions League zone after being eliminated from the FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League. Having one game postponed, United mathematically can still reach that position as it is only two points away from Arsenal which are on fourth place in the standings.
Fortunately for United at the same time, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal lost, so there is still a chance for United to enter the top four. It’s just that they can no longer lose points in the remaining matches, including against Manchester City (25/4) and Chelsea (28/4).