Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hailed his team’s ability to “grind out results” following survival against a flurry of late Burnley chances to earn three points in the 2-0 win in the Premier League this weekend
French forward Anthony Martial scored his third goal in two games just a minute before the half-time whistle to put the visitors ahead in a game they dominated for long periods, but the hosts heaped pressure on David De Gea’s goal in the final 15 minutes of the game at Turf Moor.
A late break from Solskjaer’s side produced a second goal when Daniel James played in English forward Marcus Rashford for his 12th Premier League strike of the season and that clinched a result that moved the Red Devils up to fifth on the League table, just a point behind fierce rivals Chelsea in fourth place.
The Norwegian Solskjaer has admitted that his players should have put the game to bed sooner against the Clarets but praised his players’ performance following back-to-back victories, describing himself as “very happy”.
The 46-year-old has been overseeing a bunch of positive results of late and while speaking to reporters after the game, Solskjaer expressed his delight at another win, “In the first half I thought we were very good. We controlled it, dominated it, scored a nice goal. The second half, of course, there’s going to be a couple of instances in your box because they’re desperate to get a goal and throwing men forward.
Solskjaer further added that he would have preferred United to finish off the chances in a counter attack so that they do not have to keep grinding out results but he was still content, “We could have finished the game off really, we had some great counter-attacking chances. We should have got the second goal earlier but there was some great defending. It’s important for us to know that we can grind out results as well, even though when you score one you don’t always win. If we can get clean sheets we’ve got a chance to move up the table.”
