Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Paul Pogba admitted careless Man Utd deserved to lose after their unbeaten away record went up in smoke in a chaotic fashion at Leicester.
The Old Trafford giants lost a Premier League match on the road for the first time since
January 2020 as Brendan Rodgers’ Foxes romped to a thrilling 4-2 win on Saturday afternoon.
Mason Greenwood’s stunner put Man Utd ahead, only for Youri Tielemans to equalize in a similarly impressive fashion after captain Harry Maguire was caught out on his return from injury.
Caglar Soyuncu kicked off a wild conclusion when deservedly putting Leicester ahead, with substitute Marcus Rashford temporarily restoring parity before Jamie Vardy struck from the resulting kick-off.
Sub Patson Daka wrapped up a triumph that left midfielder Pogba bemoaning another poor performance after United’s second loss in three winless Premier League matches.
“To be honest, we’ve been having that kind of games for a long time and we haven’t found the problem,” he told broadcasters. “We need to find what’s the problem.
“To concede goals, easy goals, you can say stupid goals, when we know those games when we play on this pitch the fans are going to push, going to put pressure on us and everything.
“We need to be more mature, I think. We need to play with more experience, arrogance in a good term, meaning that we have to take the ball and play our football.
“But now you have to find what’s the key of this change and this game that we lose because I think we deserved to lose today.”
Man Utd boss Solskjaer agreed that the result was deserved on an afternoon when he was infuriated by the lax defending.
“We didn’t deserve points today,” the Norwegian said when Pogba’s comments were put to him.
“We started well, Mason scores show his qualities, and then for a little, while you think maybe we can get the second, we gift them the first goal.
“Maturity? I wouldn’t say maturity. I would say the focus in key moments.
“You know, two set-piece goals, one goal 10 seconds after we’ve just equalized, that shouldn’t happen, and of course the first goal we gift them that one.
“All of the goals were disappointing how we’ve conceded them.”
“It’s time to stick together.”
Things do not get any easier for under-fire Man Utd, who host Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday before rivals Liverpool rolls into town on Sunday.