Manchester United vs Liverpool: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer aims dig at rivals over Premier League title ambitions
The popular interim manager said that United cannot be like Liverpool and go years without a league title
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Your support makes all the difference.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Manchester United cannot become like their rivals Liverpool and go decades without winning a title.
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Solskjaer, who won six Premier League titles as a player, believes United’s six years without a league title is unacceptable.
“We have to make sure that we don’t end up being happy being among the top four,” he said.
The United manager added that Liverpool are under pressure given their 29-year wait for a league title. “Of course they do feel that pressure. I think all the supporters do and players probably do as well, but then we have not won it for a few years and so we want to get back to that.
“If you aim too low and reach your targets then that's more dangerous than aiming too high and missing them.
“It is difficult to win the league here. It is probably the toughest league to win and when you look at it there are only five or six teams that have won the Premier League. Leicester did it - which was a miracle - before that Blackburn did it, but then there was a few big clubs that have won it.”
The popular interim manager also aimed a dig at Liverpool’s belief that every year will be their best. “I have loads of Liverpool fans back home and every year is going to be their year. It has got to October and it's: ‘Okay, next year.’
“Now they are in the race so now for them it is going to be an exciting finish to the league. That is none of our concern. We just have to concentrate on ourselves.”
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