Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has insisted that his Manchester United players must provide an immediate response to their embarrassing defeat against Everton at the weekend.
The Red Devils were comprehensively beaten 4-0 by Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday, which was Solskjaer's heaviest defeat since he took over the reigns from Jose Mourinho back in December.
United now face the daunting task of a derby against title-chasing Manchester City and Solskjaer insisted that he is confident his side can respond in the right manner.
"We focus on Wednesday and sure we’ll get a response," he said, as per the Manchester Evening News. "You don’t punish them as in run up to the mountains and back, we believe in them, these players know they let themselves down as individual, as a team, me as well.
"I’m in charge and I’m the one giving instructions how we’re gonna play and it’s my duty to get them performing better than that and I’m sure we’ll get a response.
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"You have to try and provoke or inspire a reaction and we haven’t had time to work on the pitch because you need recovery at this stage of the season so it’s about changing mindsets and making sure heads are ready."
City have won their previous ten Premier League games and are undoubtedly the favourites heading into Wednesday's derby, but Solskjaer went on to add that it was the best possible team for United to come up against at this stage of the season.
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Source : 90min