We deserved to lose, admits Pogba, as United are crushed by Foxes
LEICESTER CITY 4
Tielemans (31), Soyuncu (78), Vardy (83), Daka (90+1)
MANCHESTER UNITED 2
Greenwood (19), Vardy (82)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Paul Pogba admitted careless Manchester United deserved to lose after their unbeaten away record went up in smoke in chaotic fashion at Leicester.
The Old Trafford giants lost a Premier League match on the road for the first time since January 2020 as Brendan Rodgers’ Foxes romped to a thrilling victory.
Mason Greenwood’s stunner put United ahead, only for Youri Tielemans to equalise in similarly impressive fashion after captain Harry Maguire was caught out on his return from injury.
Caglar Soyuncu kicked off a wild conclusion when deservedly putting Leicester ahead, with substitute Marcus Rashford temporarily restoring parity, before Jamie Vardy struck from the resulting kick-off.
Sub Patson Daka wrapped up a triumph that left midfielder Pogba bemoaning another poor performance after United’s second loss in three winless Premier League matches.
“To be honest, we’ve been having those kind of games for a long time and we haven’t found the problem,” he said. “We need to find what’s the problem.
“To concede goals, easy goals, you can say stupid goals, when we know those games when we play on this pitch the fans are going to push, going to put pressure on us and everything.
“We need to be more mature, I think. We need to play with more experience, arrogance is a good term, meaning that we have to take the ball and play our football.
“But now you have to find what’s the key of this change and this game that we lose because I think we deserved to lose today.”
United boss Solskjaer agreed that the result was deserved on an afternoon when he was infuriated by the lax defending.
“We didn’t deserve points,” the Norwegian
said when Pogba’s comments were put to him.
“We started well, Mason scores, shows his qualities and then for a little while you think maybe we can get the second, then we gift them the first goal.
“Maturity? I wouldn’t say maturity. I would say the focus in key moments.
“You know, two set-piece goals, one goal 10 seconds after we’ve just equalised, that shouldn’t happen, and of course the first goal we gift them that one.
“All of the goals were disappointing how we’ve conceded them.”
While United nurse the wounds following a chastening loss, Leicester are looking to kick on after ending their four-match winless Premier League streak in style.
“It’s much more like what we’ve been used to seeing of the team,” Foxes boss Rodgers said. “A really aggressive, emotional game, pressing the opponent – a really difficult team to play against.
“Then once you can press and be that aggressive then that takes the temperature of your attacking game up and then we were excellent.
“We created opportunities, scored four, could have had some more.
“Our concentration level was high so that was that was much more pleasing.”