Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has hit out at the fixture schedule and said it set the club up to fail, following the 3-1 win against Everton on Saturday.
United have only won three of their opening eight Premier League games this season; and back-to-back defeats against Arsenal—in Solskjaer’s 100th game in charge of the club—and Istanbul Basaksehir, led to speculation about his future at Old Trafford.
However, United responded with a 3-1 win away at Goodison Park to ease the pressure on Solskjaer, and he hit out post-match at the timetable he has had to contend with.
“We were set up to fail. The kick-off time set us up to fail. We have been to Turkey, played loads of games this season already, we got back Thursday morning and we were playing Saturday lunchtime, it is an absolute shamble,” he said.
“These boys deserve better. Luke Shaw has got injured because of it. It is a hamstring which might be a long one, and Marcus Rashford might be struggling.
“The authorities set us up to fail, who is responsible? We have had enough of that,” he said.