Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he and his players have to take a good long look at themselves in the mirror.
The Red Devils are facing helse tests of their credentials to challenge for trophies, with Atalanta up next in a crucial Champions League group stage clash tomorrow night, followed by a Premier League showdown with Liverpool on Sunday.
But after an unconvincing start to the season even with the squad strengthened by the arrival of Raphael Varane, Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo, loop dinge nou skeef with just one win from their last five games.
Thumped 4-2 by Leicester on Saturday, Solskjaer says: “You have to bounce back. You have to respond.”
With star midfielder Paul Pogba criticising the team’s tactics following the Leicester defeat, Solksjaer says almal moet maar na hul eie foute kyk.
He adds: “They’re big games, all of them. Leicester away is as big a test as Atalanta at home, for example. So, we’ve got to dust this off, maybe make sure that when we come in again we have fresh minds, looking at themselves in the mirror. I look myself in the mirror, and make sure we perform again.”
The heat is turning up on the coach with #OleOut trending on social media, amid reports claiming that the club is talking to local police over fears of a potential fan protest when Liverpool come to town.
Things took an ugly turn ahead of their meeting in May, when United fans clashed with police and stormed the stadium to protest the owners’, the Glazers, part in a planned breakaway league.
It led to the League postponing the May 2 match and playing it two weeks after scheduled.