Solskjaer Sticking By Pogba As His Designated Penalty Taker Despite Miss
23rd August 2019
Rui Patricio saved from the French World Cup winner as the game ended 1-1, but despite facing criticism for a lack of leadership, a defiant Solskjaer said he will continue with a policy of having both Pogba and Rashford
- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has refused to name a Manchester United penalty taker despite the furore that followed Paul Pogba’s miss from the spot against Wolves
- The United manager was criticised after Pogba failed to convert a penalty for fourth time in a year for United, a week after Rashford continued his perfect penalty record by opening the scoring against Chelsea
- United have called for social media companies to do more to protect their users and Twitter have agreed to meet representatives of the club
MANCHESTER, United
Kingdom- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has refused to name a Manchester United
penalty taker despite the furore that followed Paul Pogba’s miss from the spot
against Wolves on Monday that cost the Red Devils top spot in the Premier
League.
The United manager was criticised after Pogba failed to
convert a penalty for fourth time in a year for United, a week after Rashford
continued his perfect penalty record by opening the scoring against Chelsea.
Rui Patricio saved from the French World Cup winner as the
game ended 1-1, but despite facing criticism for a lack of leadership, a
defiant Solskjaer said he will continue with a policy of having both Pogba and
Rashford classed as designated penalty takers.
"I’m sure you're going to see Paul Pogba score a
penalty for Man United again," said Solskjaer. "Let’s see when we get
the next one.
"We're practising penalties and Marcus and Paul are
still on them. Marcus or Paul will score the next one, I’m sure they will.
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"We’re disappointed we didn't win the game but the talk
is more difficult when you don't get a result.
"It's not that I've left it to the players, we've
nominated two and throughout the season you'll have games where they are not
playing and it's good to know they're there and trusted to take pens."
Pogba’s miss, however, had a far more sinister impact as he
was targeted with racist abuse online after the match.
United have called for social media companies to do more to
protect their users and Twitter have agreed to meet representatives of the
club.
Former United defender and England women's manager Phil
Neville called for players to boycott social media to make a stance against
abuse.
- Fake identities -
Solskjaer repeated calls platforms to be policed more
rigidly, but said he will not encourage his players to come off social media.
"Paul's fine, Paul's a strong character and it makes
him stronger,” said Solskjaer.
"When you speak to him he's fine and I just cannot
believe we're still here in 2019 talking about these instances.
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"Social media is a place where people can hide behind
fake identities, it's not down to me to change it but there are so many ‘Ole
Gunnar Solskjaers’ on Twitter. I know it's not me and we've got to do something
about it."
"What can we do about it as Man United? We’re not going
to ban our players on social media, we have to spread the good word, we can use
it to spread good and have to stop those incidents."
Solskjaer also confirmed that talks are on-going in an
effort to offload Alexis Sanchez to Inter Milan on loan before the European
transfer window closes next month.
“There are still talks with some clubs," added the
Norwegian.
"He's working hard and let's see in September what's
going to happen."