Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said that Manchester United’s new loss of form could be somewhat due to off-field issues, however, is trusting fans can give his side a lift against Fulham on Tuesday.
The Red Devils lost consecutive Premier League home games against Leicester City and Liverpool a week ago in barely 48 hours in the midst of a background of fan challenges the club’s owners. Heavy protests and fights have disturbed the players as well.
Fans created hindrance in the underlying match with Liverpool fourteen days prior to being suspended due to fans invading the pitch and also creating heavy gatherings outside Old Trafford.
Manchester United needed to adjust their pre-match plans for both the newly scheduled match with Liverpool and the defeat to Leicester to guarantee their players were in the arena well ahead of the scheduled time.
Solskjaer concedes the disturbance influenced his team and, in front of United inviting fans to Old Trafford after a very long time, the Norwegian has called for solidarity.
As reported by ESPN, Solksjaer said: “You know whatever team I pick against Fulham, it has to be a team that gives everything. If you go into a game tentative, if you have something else in your mind, you don’t fly into the tackles as you should, you don’t sprint as normal, you don’t maybe focus as much. There’s more of a danger of getting hurt in that kind of position. We want to build momentum, we want to build confidence because of course, we’ve lost the last two at Old Trafford. We don’t want to go into an important game with bad momentum or a bad feeling, so we use these two games to get results but also to get confidence.”
Tuesday’s visit of Fulham will see up to 10,000 in participation for United’s last home game of this League as Covid limitations keep on being facilitated in the United Kingdom.
A victory for United would ensure a runner-up finish in the Premier League for simply the second time since Alex Ferguson resigned toward the finish of the 2012-13 season. Man United have won 18 of their previous 22 Premier League gatherings with Fulham and are unbeaten in their last 12 against them in the opposition, winning 10 of those.
Solskjaer’s side will be focused on Tuesday’s match and with a match against Wolves on the last day, prior to turning their concentration to the Europa League final with Villarreal on May 26.
