Manchester United suffered a rather disappointing defeat at the Emirates on Wednesday and rolled into the new year with a bad taste in their mouths.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men are currently sitting in fifth in the Premier League table and while things don’t necessarily look that alarming, Arsenal beating them and keeping a clean sheet is definitely not something to be happy about.
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After the game, Robin van Persie talked to BT Sport and addressed some of their issues, namely the lack of any real passes towards their forwards. Here’s what he said, as quoted by Daily Post:
“I do believe the reason why United were so flat is because the midfielders were not giving those final balls.
“Nobody was giving those balls. Rashford, I had him down for 15 great runs. Martial similar. He didn’t receive one. Why? Partly quality.”
Of course, upon seeing his verdict, many Man United fans couldn’t help but agree with the pundit, saying that he was “absolutely spot” on and that changes have to be made…
Other fans were just buzzing with his statement because they saw it as a sign that he understands their situation and is indirectly asking the board to get some reinforcements for the middle of the pitch.
They were also loving the fact that he mentioned the lack of quality as well, which seems to be a big theme surrounding their squad as a whole currently.
One fan thinks Van Persie has also confirmed that he is “Ole out” as well…
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And for those reasons, it wasn’t really that surprising to see many of the fans actually calling for him to take over the team as they see him as more competent than Solskjaer…
Elsewhere, many Man United fans were absolutely buzzing with their legend’s famous goal against Manchester City…