Temporary Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reacted to losing his first match in charge.
The Red Devils have been firing on all cylinders ever since the Norwegian took the reins from Jose Mourinho following the December defeat by Liverpool
Solskjaer has guided United to 10 wins in his first 12 matches, losing just once against Thomas Tuchel’s talented French champions Paris Saint-Germain in a Champions League group of 16 clash at Trafford.
Here’s everything Solskjaer had to say about the defeat and Manchester United’s performance in his post-match
On what he was going to do with the unfamiliar feeling of defeat an what he made of it, at Old Trafford, Ole had this to say,
”It looked like a game that we thought was going to be – first half both teams looked at each other and there wasn’t much in it and then the first goal, when they got that one, it was a poor goal to give away from set plays and then they got the momentum, they started to control the game, they had the experience to play out”.
”You can see that we’ve not played games at this level for a while and we have to learn from this experience because it was one that could have gone either way. It’s not going to be a season-defining one for us it has to be one that we learn from” he added.
PSG step up the pace at the start of the second half, Martial and Lingard’s injuries and whether they had less to cover at the back that made them more adventurous,to which he said.
”You can’t say that’s a reason because we had players like Mata and Sanchez to come on – quality players. But of course Jesse and Anthony, they give us something, let’s hope they’re [the injuries] not too serious”.
United have a mountain to climb in Paris now but Solskjaer looks unthreatened.
”Mountains are there to be climbed, aren’t they? You can’t lay down and say ‘this is over’. We are going to have to go down there, believe in ourselves, play a good game, improve from today obviously. But today of course was kind of a reality check from the level of the top teams”.