One of Manchester United’s top stars has strongly criticized his team’s performance after their 4-2 loss to Leicester City, on Saturday, which left the Red Devils five points behind in the Premier League title race.
United have not won the Premier League title since 2013, but were expected to compete this season after signing Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane during the summer transfer window.
However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men have only had one point out of a potential nine against Aston Villa, Everton and Leicester in their last three league matches. The coach hinted that he may have to sacrifice some of his attacking stars to achieve a better balance in the squad.
“If we want to win the title, these are the matches we need to win, even if they are very difficult,” Frenchman Paul Pogba told Sky Sports.
“We’ve played this kind of game for a long time and didn’t find the problem, we conceded easy and stupid goals. We need to find the key to change because we deserved to lose.”
He added:
We know the fans will put pressure on us, we need to be more mature, play with more experience, take the ball and play our way.
“I don’t know if this is the mentality of the players, we need to change something, we need to find the mentality and tactics to win, we have to look as individuals and as a team to fix that.”
United were also knocked out of the League Cup last month and are under pressure to face Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday, after losing their opening group match to Young Boys of Switzerland.