{"id":1104457,"date":"2019-09-02T18:10:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T17:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1104457"},"modified":"2019-09-02T18:10:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T17:10:31","slug":"solskjaer-man-utd-learn-skill-man-city-mastered","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/solskjaer-man-utd-learn-skill-man-city-mastered\/","title":{"rendered":"Solskjaer calls for Man Utd to learn skill that Man City have already mastered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has urged his Manchester United players to be more ruthless when inside the penalty area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rivals Manchester City have netted 49 goals from inside the six-yard box (the most in the league) since 2017\/18, while United have notched just 27, leading Solskjaer to lament his side&#8217;s lack of clinical edge when trying to score &#8220;nasty little tap-ins&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Man City&#8217;s close-range skill: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Since the start of the 2017\/18 Premier League season, Man City have scored the most goals from\u00a0inside the six-yard box (49).<\/li>\n<li>Runs down the byline followed by cut backs have become the hallmark moves of Guardiola&#8217;s City.<\/li>\n<li>Man Utd meanwhile have struggled to find the back of the net from inside the box, netting just 27 since 2017\/18.<\/li>\n<li>Solskjaer&#8217;s side have scored just once this season from\u00a0inside the six-yard box.<\/li>\n<li>He has now called on his players to be more clinical in front of goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7354781-emery-must-resist-his-crystal-palace-tribute-act-to-punish-unsettled-spurs<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian was giving his views after United once again dropped points, this time against 10-man Southampton as the Red Devils could only muster a 1-1 stalemate at St Mary&#8217;s on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side meanwhile have become the masters of finding the back of the net from close range, and\u00a0Solskjaer now wants his side to follow a similar blueprint and score more &#8220;scrappy goals&#8221; from near proximity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do create chances, we do create pressure,\u201d Solskjaer\u00a0said post-match. \u201cIt\u2019s about those scrappy goals now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have young players and they\u2019ve got to learn to score those nasty little tap-ins that I did. They count just as much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Chelsea Have Lined Up Under Lampard! Squawka Tactics w\/Statman Dave\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VnAUZ52mU-o?start=195&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Man Utd players &#8220;feel what we\u2019re doing&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Despite losing considerable\u00a0headway in the race for a top-four finish since their 4-0 trouncing over Chelsea on the opening weekend,\u00a0Solskjaer still believes his players are understanding the direction he wants to take them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can feel what we\u2019re doing,&#8221; he said.\u00a0&#8220;They feel the last two games [that] we\u2019re a team that dominates games. At Wolverhampton we dominated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first one was classic counter-attacking football against a very good Chelsea side. But the last three, we need to learn to win games like this, and the boys want to learn how.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has urged his Manchester United players to be more ruthless when inside the penalty area. 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