Paul Pogba has voiced his frustration with Manchester United's defeat against Leicester, claiming his side 'deserved to lose' and insisting they need to be more 'mature' in an attempt to fix their problems.
United were expected to mount a challenge for the Premier League title this season after a lavish summer of spending, but instead already find themselves by the wayside after the chastening setback at the King Power.
Delivering a sombre post-match interview, midfielder Pogba - who also endured a nightmare afternoon - believes that the streak of poor performances is damaging United, and now wants to see a quick response.
'To be honest, we've been having those kind of games for a long time,' Pogba said. 'We haven't found the problem. To concede goals, easy goals, stupid goals... the fans are going to push and put pressure on us.
'We need to be more mature I think. We need to play with more experience and arrogance, in a good way. We have to take the ball and play our football. Now we have to find what the key to this change is. I think we deserved to lose today.'
Questioned further on his comments on United's trend of not making the most of their riches on the pitch, Pogba explained that they are lack in the 'mentality' needed to sustain a push on Manchester City's crown.
'It's all of us. We need to find something,' Pogba added. 'We need to change something. We really don't know. It's frustrating because it's something we don't understand, but we have to find out very fast to compete.
'If you want to win the title, it's those games you have to win - even though they're very hard, even though we're playing away. We need to find the right mentality, the right tactic, to win those games.
'We will have time to think about it, and we have to stick together and find the problem.'
United were dogged by tumultuous results before the international break, having been knocked out of the Carabao Cup and slipped to defeat at Young Boys in the Champions League, and their misfortunes continued in their first game back.
Mason Greenwood opened the scoring in the clash after thumping home a superb effort into the top corner from the edge of the box, but Youri Tielemans equalised in equally-sublime style, dinking into the corner after Harry Maguire's error.
From there, pandemonium was sparked at both ends of the pitch. Caglar Soyuncu handed the hosts the lead, only for Marcus Rashford to hit back soon after being thrown into fray, having beaten the offside trap to slot home with ease.
Jamie Vardy then netted Leicester's third goal just a matter of seconds later, and Patson Daka put the result to rest, turning home from a set-piece inside stoppage time to further pile the pressure on United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Next, United take on Atalanta in the Champions League in midweek, and then play high-flying Liverpool next weekend at Old Trafford.
uthman222
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Pogba want to cast OGS
Man_utd246
210
We were never in a title race. I said it before the season. This is exactly what I was worried about. And yes, the old united is back. Sloppy all game. If you're a united fan, and you're ole in, get your badge off, cuz you've got 0 passion for the game, and your expectations for this club, is slim to none. Congratulations, Chelsea, Liverpool and City, cuz someone from these 3 teams would win this league. Yes, we are going trophy less this season and stop moaning about it, cuz ole won't get sacked! You know why? cuz he's the club legend! Glazers don't care about winning the league! They care about their sales. As long as we finish top 4, that's all they need. Do we not have the players for challenging the title? We've got one of the best player to ever play the game and it almost feel like he was non existent the whole game. the system ain't working for him! we've got coaches available rn who can do a better job than ole. we've got ronaldo for 2 years! just for 2 years! we've gotta make up for it. not just wasting the legendary talent we've got rn. I've trusted ole and I ain't trusting him no more. Liverpool winning 5-0, City winning 2-0 and chelsea bouta win another one. Why we, The best club in England in this position? We're playing Liverpool next week, I wouldn't be surprised if we lose 7-0. Like we are that bad. And we playing City the game after that! And Chelsea! Don't tell me we're going to be ok. Cuz we're in TROUBLE. I hope things go well for us. This is just my honest opinion, like it or not idc. GGMU.
Vowcilt
102
RONALDO is useless but he will demand more from his team mates ?.
litakotuz
67
well spoken Paul pogba
danriwbik
13
We were never in a title race. I said it before the season. This is exactly what I was worried about. And yes, the old united is back. Sloppy all game. If you're a united fan, and you're ole in, get your badge off, cuz you've got 0 passion for the game, and your expectations for this club, is slim to none. Congratulations, Chelsea, Liverpool and City, cuz someone from these 3 teams would win this league. Yes, we are going trophy less this season and stop moaning about it, cuz ole won't get sacked! You know why? cuz he's the club legend! Glazers don't care about winning the league! They care about their sales. As long as we finish top 4, that's all they need. Do we not have the players for challenging the title? We've got one of the best player to ever play the game and it almost feel like he was non existent the whole game. the system ain't working for him! we've got coaches available rn who can do a better job than ole. we've got ronaldo for 2 years! just for 2 years! we've gotta make up for it. not just wasting the legendary talent we've got rn. I've trusted ole and I ain't trusting him no more. Liverpool winning 5-0, City winning 2-0 and chelsea bouta win another one. Why we, The best club in England in this position? We're playing Liverpool next week, I wouldn't be surprised if we lose 7-0. Like we are that bad. And we playing City the game after that! And Chelsea! Don't tell me we're going to be ok. Cuz we're in TROUBLE. I hope things go well for us. This is just my honest opinion, like it or not idc. GGMU.
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U deserved not to be a fan but a coach 🚩🚩
kadikmrsuz
13
We were never in a title race. I said it before the season. This is exactly what I was worried about. And yes, the old united is back. Sloppy all game. If you're a united fan, and you're ole in, get your badge off, cuz you've got 0 passion for the game, and your expectations for this club, is slim to none. Congratulations, Chelsea, Liverpool and City, cuz someone from these 3 teams would win this league. Yes, we are going trophy less this season and stop moaning about it, cuz ole won't get sacked! You know why? cuz he's the club legend! Glazers don't care about winning the league! They care about their sales. As long as we finish top 4, that's all they need. Do we not have the players for challenging the title? We've got one of the best player to ever play the game and it almost feel like he was non existent the whole game. the system ain't working for him! we've got coaches available rn who can do a better job than ole. we've got ronaldo for 2 years! just for 2 years! we've gotta make up for it. not just wasting the legendary talent we've got rn. I've trusted ole and I ain't trusting him no more. Liverpool winning 5-0, City winning 2-0 and chelsea bouta win another one. Why we, The best club in England in this position? We're playing Liverpool next week, I wouldn't be surprised if we lose 7-0. Like we are that bad. And we playing City the game after that! And Chelsea! Don't tell me we're going to be ok. Cuz we're in TROUBLE. I hope things go well for us. This is just my honest opinion, like it or not idc. GGMU.
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Thank you bro for this assessment. We are stuck in a rut. We just have to accept the situation we are in. Its frustrating as hell with a manager who seems oit of all sorts. He does not even know his first 11 every week.
LIVING-TRIBUNAL
10
RONALDO is useless but he will demand more from his team mates ?.
craziness, my goat has watched up, he needs to stop working out too much, he is becoming stiff
ziabcdiky
9
We were never in a title race. I said it before the season. This is exactly what I was worried about. And yes, the old united is back. Sloppy all game. If you're a united fan, and you're ole in, get your badge off, cuz you've got 0 passion for the game, and your expectations for this club, is slim to none. Congratulations, Chelsea, Liverpool and City, cuz someone from these 3 teams would win this league. Yes, we are going trophy less this season and stop moaning about it, cuz ole won't get sacked! You know why? cuz he's the club legend! Glazers don't care about winning the league! They care about their sales. As long as we finish top 4, that's all they need. Do we not have the players for challenging the title? We've got one of the best player to ever play the game and it almost feel like he was non existent the whole game. the system ain't working for him! we've got coaches available rn who can do a better job than ole. we've got ronaldo for 2 years! just for 2 years! we've gotta make up for it. not just wasting the legendary talent we've got rn. I've trusted ole and I ain't trusting him no more. Liverpool winning 5-0, City winning 2-0 and chelsea bouta win another one. Why we, The best club in England in this position? We're playing Liverpool next week, I wouldn't be surprised if we lose 7-0. Like we are that bad. And we playing City the game after that! And Chelsea! Don't tell me we're going to be ok. Cuz we're in TROUBLE. I hope things go well for us. This is just my honest opinion, like it or not idc. GGMU.
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I so endorse this...we desperately need a coach with vision, technical and tactical skills, and obviously Ole doesn't have those qualities. Give a Pep, Klopp or a Conte this current team and they'd be so competitive. Atlanta here we come* sigh * 😕
zazimruz
8
We were never in a title race. I said it before the season. This is exactly what I was worried about. And yes, the old united is back. Sloppy all game. If you're a united fan, and you're ole in, get your badge off, cuz you've got 0 passion for the game, and your expectations for this club, is slim to none. Congratulations, Chelsea, Liverpool and City, cuz someone from these 3 teams would win this league. Yes, we are going trophy less this season and stop moaning about it, cuz ole won't get sacked! You know why? cuz he's the club legend! Glazers don't care about winning the league! They care about their sales. As long as we finish top 4, that's all they need. Do we not have the players for challenging the title? We've got one of the best player to ever play the game and it almost feel like he was non existent the whole game. the system ain't working for him! we've got coaches available rn who can do a better job than ole. we've got ronaldo for 2 years! just for 2 years! we've gotta make up for it. not just wasting the legendary talent we've got rn. I've trusted ole and I ain't trusting him no more. Liverpool winning 5-0, City winning 2-0 and chelsea bouta win another one. Why we, The best club in England in this position? We're playing Liverpool next week, I wouldn't be surprised if we lose 7-0. Like we are that bad. And we playing City the game after that! And Chelsea! Don't tell me we're going to be ok. Cuz we're in TROUBLE. I hope things go well for us. This is just my honest opinion, like it or not idc. GGMU.
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This is just the absolute truth of all 🤦🏽♂️😩