Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reportedly faces a fight to lift his squad for Wednesday night’s Champions League clash with Atalanta following events over the weekend.
Morale is said to have taken a big hit, with the dressing room described as ‘flat’ following Saturday’s woeful 4-2 loss at Leicester, as reported by ESPN sources. The result means the Red Devils have won just two of their last seven games in all competitions.
ESPN adds that manner of the defeat has ’caused concern within the group’, with Solskjaer admitting afterwards that David de Gea had been United’s best performer despite leaking four goals.
The United boss’ position is not thought to be under threat. However, there are alarm bells going off after recent results.
Solskjaer is said to have been fuming with his side’s second-half display the King Power. Indeed, he kept his players in the dressing room for 45 minutes, as he read them the riot act before attending to his media duties.
The delay meant the team were late heading back to Manchester, as they prepare for the Atalanta clash. Indeed, Wednesday night’s game is the start of a tough run of fixtures for United.
After tackling the Serie A outfit they then have Premier League clashes with Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City.
Defeat to Brendan Rodgers’ men left United eighth in the table and they have not won in the league for a month.
There is some good news for United, however, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka cleared to face Atalanta.
UEFA have upheld an appeal from the Red Devils to cut the defender’s suspension from two games to one. Wan-Bissaka sat out the 2-1 win over Villarreal following his red card against Young Boys in the opening group game.