Ole Gunnar defends ‘flappy hands’ De Gea as Unwanted streak continues

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United created some great chances but did not take them in their 2-0 defeat to Arsenal as David de Gea conceded from four of the last six shots on target he has faced in the Premier League

United hit the woodwork twice at the Emirates but paid to price for failing to take their chances as Granit Xhaka’s swerving strike and a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty sealed a 2-0 win for the Gunners – the first league defeat of Solskjaer’s interim tenure.

United’s cause was hampered by David de Gea’s uncharacteristic misreading of Xhaka’s opening goal, while Solskjaer believes his side’s positive attacking performance was undone by Arsenal’s soft penalty.

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He added: “David [de Gea] is disappointed every time he concedes a goal. The ball moves so strange and it looks like it goes to David’s left and it changed direction, but in the first 15, 20 minutes we were too slow and never put them under pressure.

“It’s not very often you go to Arsenal and create four or five big chances that we did. They never had one really; they had a strike and a penalty – not too many chances.

“We created so many more chances today than when we beat them in the FA Cup. Sometimes it happens, we hit the woodwork twice and had five very big chances ourselves.

“We just had to go for it towards the end, but we were not really at it and it is one of those days where you have to dust yourselves down from.

“The referee will be disappointed when he sees it as I don’t think it is a penalty. But that’s the decision the referee made.”

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