Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata believes that Norwegian boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can the clubs fortunes around despite their poor start to the 2019-20 campaign.
United suffered defeat in their last Premier League game 2-0 against West Ham United and needed a penalty shoot-out to beat League One opponents Rochdale in the Carabao Cup earlier in the week at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils sit in 8th place on the League at the moment and are in dire need of a good run in order to get their season on track to compete for a top-four berth.
Over the past six months, United have managed only one away win which was in the Champions League back in March in the shock win against Paris Saint Germain but despite the underwhelming record Spanish midfielder Juan Mata has full confidence in his manager.
Solskjaer took over the reins at United last December but hasn’t been able to string together a bunch of good performances nor results but Mata has explained why the under-fire United boss needs time for his work to be recognized, “I believe in him. I believe in how he really puts his life into the project that he’s got in front of him. He knew it was difficult when he came. He knows how our rivals are doing, but he wanted to take it anyway.
The 30-year-old went on to give a comparison with Carlo Ancelotti when the Italian was in charge of Real Madrid, “The manager’s position is sometimes exaggerated, for good and bad. Carlo Ancelotti won the Champions League with Real Madrid [in 2014] when they equalized in the 90th minute with the Sergio Ramos goal. If Luka Modric doesn’t take the corner quickly, and they lose? Is Ancelotti a worse manager? For me, no. I feel sorry for managers when I miss a chance, we lose and they get criticized and they did ‘a bad plan’. It’s the same plan except I missed. It’s me, not them.”
