Ex-Man Utd No2 Meulensteen: Solskjaer tactics not good enough in Cup defeat

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8 Jan 2021 • 2:41 PM MYT
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Former Manchester United assistant manager Rene Meulensteen has unimpressed with their Carabao Cup semifinal defeat to Manchester City.

Meulensteen was unhappy with the performance turned in by the players on the night.

He told talkSPORT: "If you look back at the amount of United wins in the last minute of games and extra-time, it was all based on keeping the pressure on but mainly making sure there was the quality and the composure.

"The game that springs to mind was the game also against City when Michael Owen scored the winner, and if you look at that, that was on the highest quality when Ryan Giggs played in the ball to Owen.

"Sir Alex would never have allowed that [how United ended the game on Wednesday night].

“He would have changed things tactically to even put more more pressure on the opposition and force them to make mistakes. But there was always quality that got the goal that was getting us the draw or the win."