Former Dutch striker Robin van Persie has admitted that he wants to see Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer become “a bit more mean” following the 2-0 loss against Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal on New Year’s Day.
The Red Devils were comfortably beaten 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday and remained five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea on the Premier League table.
Following a run of positive results, the traveling side was expected to come away with the three points as Mikel Arteta was just into his first game as a manager at the Emirates. However, that was not the case as a resurgent Arsenal team overcame a flat United performance which brought the United faithful back to earth.
The former Netherlands forward Robin Van Persie starred for both United and Arsenal during his playing career but the 36-year-old was unhappy with Solskjaer’s reaction to the defeat.
While speaking to BT Sport, Van Persie explained that Ole needs to be a bit angrier rather than playing the nice guy card all the time, “When I listen to Ole, he sounds like a really nice guy, I would like to see him a bit more mean at times, just be angry. I see him smiling now after a game like that. This is not the moment to smile.”
In his first full season in charge of the club, United have endured an extremely inconsistent campaign so far, winning eight out of their 21 league games while drawing seven and losing six along the way.
