Nemanja Matic says Gunnar Solskjaer will need to hold himself accountable if Manchester United do not compete for the Premier League title.
Matic, that came at Old Trafford from Chelsea has played just 22 minutes this year after making one appearance as a substitute against Southampton.
United, who won the league title are eighth in the table following course league leaders Liverpool and four matches by seven points.
“The trainer must choose the team who will fight to the name and when he fails to win, he also bears the obligation,” Matic told reporters ahead of Serbia’s European Qualifier from Portugal on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Premier League.
“I have been in football for quite a long time, I’ve played nearly all the games for all the clubs in the last 10 decades. In order for me to play, one had to sit on the seat and take that truth, and so do I ”
Solskjaer has picked 22-year-old Scott McTominay to associate Paul Pogba in midfield in the first four matches of United and he is determined to prove the erroneous, though the decision is respected by Matic.
“From the first a couple of matches he picked the team ,” Matic added. “I work as hard as I can. We honor the decision, it is up to me to show him that he had been wrong and also to put me back to where I belong.
“There is not any issue. He informed him I disagreed with him but that he had to decide the group.”
United return after the break when they sponsor Brendan Rodgers’ unbeaten Leicester on September 14 in Old Trafford.
Paul Scholes does not think Solskjaer’s side can compete for the Premier League title in the following couple of years.
Even the ex-United along with England midfielder believes results this season reveal they stay behind last season’s top four at the Premier League.
He said:”I think you practically have to write United off for the following two years – this team – until Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has cleared what he wants out; has five or four move windows.”
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