First half goals from Arsenal’s record signing Nicholas Pepe and Sokratis Papastathopoulos were enough to send the visitors back home with their tails between their legs.
Solskjaer was speaking to BT Sport after the game, and the Norwegian admitted that Arsenal were the better side, as the Red Devils took a few many touches which was unproductive.
“It was a game between two teams that have loads of quality,” the former Cardiff City manager said. “Arsenal showed it more than us in the first half and they won the game through that.”
“I thought we came out OK, got two or three counter-attacks, but then they got into the game, maybe because we took a few many touches and they won the ball back off us.”
”The two goals are disappointing to concede. Sometimes football is decided on little things but from 10 to 45 minutes they were better than us. We are fit and getting better.”
“The boys have really worked hard over the past few months. We’ve had ups and downs and I can‘t fault them because the energy and drive has been there. Maybe today it caught up with us.”
Next up for Manchester United is a trip to West Midlands on Saturday to face Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux Stadium for the FA Cup 3rd round.
