‘So if they rectify it, they are still not out of it completely. Also, in the Champions League, they can still qualify. So their season is not dead but if they continue like that, it will be quickly.’
While Wenger – who managed Arsenal for over two decades and led the Gunners to three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups – insisted Man United’s season was ‘not dead’, he did warn Solskjaer that the Liverpool defeat was a ‘massive blow’.
Asked what he would tell the players after such a dismal defeat, Wenger said: ‘You can say a few words, the first thing is to protect the club and the team in the press.
‘Not to come out with statements that create an even deeper crisis. You know you are in a crisis and you know you have a lot of work to do to get the mentality right in the team again because it?s a massive blow.
Mohamed Salah continued his brilliant form with a hat-trick to make it even worse than it is. It?s always your responsibility. Liverpool had a great day today. It can happen sometimes but in a big game the damage is massive.’
‘At the moment Manchester United are in-between pressing and dropping off and that is a little bit the worse situation for a team.’
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