Man Utd legend Bryan Robson’s savage criticism of players is sad indictment of Solskjaer

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Manchester United legend Bryan Robson claims the club’s players looked as if they did not care during Sunday’s 5-0 demolition by Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp’s Reds raced into a 4-0 lead at half time – the first side to lead by that margin in the Premier League era at Old Trafford. Mohamed Salah sealed his hat-trick in the second half and things got worse for United when Paul Pogba was sent off for a poor challenge on Naby Keita.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is now under pressure for his job, with former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte reportedly interested in replacing the Norwegian.

But United are set to stick with their former striker for Saturday’s match at Tottenham at least.

Robson, who made over 450 appearances for the Red Devils between 1981 and 1994, says Solskjaer deserves to keep his job but must see an upturn in results soon.

He told talkSPORT: “Man United, as a club, we always give people a fair chance. Ole has now got to turn it around quickly.

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“We can’t have too many more performances like that. Especially against the biggest opposition in the world for Man United.

“You can’t have performances like that and we need to turn it around quickly.

“These players have done it, been to cup finals, but to put in performances like that when you think the club is going forward was a real shock to the system.

“It was really poor.”

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Robson’s criticism of United was not finished there. The former midfielder says the players looked as if they didn’t care during the match at the weekend.

It is a sad indictment of the current state of affairs under Solskjaer that a United great felt like that during the biggest game of the season for the club and their supporters.

Robson added: “Last season, I thought Ole had got us going well. We had a poor start, but went on this long run without getting beaten away from home.

“You thought we were looking solid at the back, then the forwards we brought in like Ronaldo, you thought we were going forward.

“But it looked like we didn’t care and that’s really disappointing for the fans.

“Defensively, we were getting cut apart every time Liverpool attacked us. You couldn’t pick out one thing we did well.”

Robson believes United have enough attacking options but have neglected the defensive side of the game.

“That solid base has got to be there,” he continued. “With the type of players we’ve got, we’re brilliant at counter-attacking in certain games.

“You’ve got to get that base right so you’re not giving goals away and encouraging the opposition on top of you.

“With people like [Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Marcus] Rashford, [Anthony] Martial, [Mason] Greenwood – they’ve proved that they’re really good at counter-attacking. But you need that solid base.”

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