Richard Bevan of the League Managers Association says he has had a reply from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after reaching out to the the under-fire Manchester United manager after the 5-0 defeat to Liverpool.
Chief executive Bevan was present at old Trafford as Liverpool ran a sorry United side ragged on their own patch. Mo Salah scored a hat-trick and half-time sub Paul Pogba was sent off for United as they slumped to a humiliating home defeat.
It’s a result, which Luke Shaw claimed “was coming”, after last week’s defeat to Leicester and recent escape against Atalanta. And with Bevan at Old Trafford, he witnessed the negative and toxic atmosphere which developed during the afternoon.
Hundreds of United supporters left at half-time, but the majority sat out the demoralising defeat. United were met with deafening boos at half-time as they left the pitch 4-0 down. While at full-time Liverpool’s fans revelled in the victory, whilst mocking United’s manager by chanting “Ole’s at the wheel”.
It left Bevan in no doubt about the level of scrutiny that Solskjaer now has to operate under.
