Manchester United permanent manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said his team got away with a poor showing against Watford to ensure they are “almost in the driving seat” to seal Top 4.
Goals scored by Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial sealed a 2-1 victory over buoyant Watford at Old Trafford to move Solskjaer’s side up to fourth with seven games remaining.
His words, “The first 20 minutes we started so slow and sloppy. You could see we have had players out with injuries and, with the international break, not been able to train them,”
“It is one of them first games after international break that you know could be a potential banana skin. We came away with a win, that is great, but I think everyone knows we can perform better. Three points, you can’t get more.
“There are four very good teams are challenging for two places [in the top four]. We are almost in the driving seat. We have given ourselves a good chance.”
Watford ended the game having had 20 shots at David De Gea’s goal — 12 more shots than United managed — but just Abdoulaye Doucoure’s late goal was all they could show for their rmarkable football.
Ole continued, “After PSG, that was a mental challenge after the high of that,”
“We went to Arsenal, played really well and lost, and then we had the chance to get to the semifinal. That was a poorer performance than when we lost to Wolves.”
On Shaw, he said, “Luke has got so much in his locker,”
“He is exceptional going forward and I can’t wait to see him blossom. I thought he was total class today until he got cramp.”
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