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24th Sep 2018

Paul Pogba urges Manchester United to “attack, attack, attack”

Simon Lloyd

Manchester United dropped more points on Saturday, drawing 1-1 with newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers at Old Trafford

Despite taking a first-half lead through Fred’s first goal for the club, United conceded to Joao Moutinho in the second-half and were unable to find a winner.

Speaking after the game, Paul Pogba has demanded that United adopt a more attacking mindset when playing home.

“We should play much better against Wolves,” the World Cup winner told reporters. “When we are at home we should attack, attack, attack.

“That’s Old Trafford. We are here to attack. I think teams are scared when they see Manchester United attacking and attacking.

“That was our mistake today. We’ve had three games at home and we’ve got only four points. It’s not enough.

“Maybe the attitude should be better and we should play better because, again, we are at Old Trafford and we should just attack and press like we did against Tottenham, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal last season. When we play like this it’s easier for us.”

Pogba

Asked why United hadn’t caused Wolves more problems, Pogba responded by suggesting some of his teammates were too static: “I can’t tell you because I’m a player – it’s not me. I’m not the manager, I cannot say that, but obviously we should show more options of playing, but I cannot say that because I’m a player. That’s my way of thinking – we should move better, we should move more.

“It’s true that maybe we should have showed more hunger in some parts. Maybe as well we felt a bit of fatigue because we played Champions League. Maybe he’s right, I don’t know.

“We didn’t lose, but for me we should have won. We are at home, they are three points that we should get.

“We’ve played six games in the Premier League, it’s not that we should get worried, but we should obviously get closer – get closer and closer.”

The draw with Wolves leaves United in seventh, eight points off league leaders Liverpool.