there have been no trophies. this was meant to be the year it came good. cristiano ronaldo scored twice on his debut, but even his goals haven t stopped this dismal run. now even the players don t hold back. it was embarrassing. we don t know what to do with the ball, we don t know how to defend properly, we are conceding a lot of goals. yeah, it s another nightmare. since 2013, everything s changed. united now seek a fifth permanent boss since sir alex ferguson left. as a player under him, solskjaer won six league titles. but, as a coach, too much has gone wrong and, this time for solskjaer, there is no late turnaround. joe lynskey, bbc news. let s get more on this from manchester united fanatic, natalie burrell! natalie, thank you forjoining us on bbc news this evening. what do you make of the sacking? do you think it was the right decision? i think it
he was the standout choice. but, as permanent boss, there have been no trophies. this was meant to be the year it came good. cristiano ronaldo scored twice on his debut, but even his goals haven t stopped this dismal run. now even the players don t hold back. it was embarrassing. we don t know what to do with the ball, we don t know how to defend properly, we are conceding a lot of goals. yeah, it s another nightmare. since 2013, everything s changed. united now seek a fifth permanent boss since sir alex ferguson left. as a player under him, solskjaer won six league titles. but, as a coach, too much has gone wrong and, this time for solskjaer, there is no late turnaround. joe lynskey, bbc news. earlierjamiejackson, who is manchester football correspondent for the guardian, and the author of a book about ole gunnar solskjaer, explained that ole s successes were always caveated by the sense that he was learning in hisjob.
there is another reason for concern today. one of the netherlands top virologists, part of the who mission that went to china to investigate the origins of the virus, has warned that the new measures that were brought in here last weekend aren t yet having an impact on the infection rates, a reminder of those measures, bars, restaurants and cafes have to close at 8pm, people are encouraged to work from home so people looking to the netherlands for solutions may now want to look elsewhere. thank you. manchester united have sacked their manager ole gunnar solskjaer this morning following yesterday s 4 1 defeat at watford. the club have suffered a string of poor results and are currently seventh in the premier league table. we ll be live from old trafford in a moment, but, first, joe lynskey looks back on solskjaer s time at manchester united. for manchester united, he was the coach with the connection. the playing icon who became manager. no one hoped the end would be like this.
for manchester united, he was the coach with the connection, the playing icon who became manager. no one hoped the end would be like this. in 0le gunnar solskjaer s last match, his team were beaten 4 1 by watford, the end of a run of seven league games with one win and now three humiliations. last month, united lost 5 0 at home to liverpool and, on the same ground, were beaten by manchester city. defeat to bitter rivals have caused the most damage. the boys, of course, they re disappointed. they ve let themselves down and the fans down. it s hard to stand here and explain that, but that s football, and we have to take the flak for it. solskjaerjoined united 25 years ago. he was the striker whose late goals meant so much. super sub has done it again! in 2018, he became temporary manager and their form was so good, he was the standout choice. but, as permanent boss,
manager and also kiran mckenna, who like michael carrick, has been a first team coach, they are staying on at the moment to help carrick prepare the team for tuesday s champions league game against villa real and presumably the premier league game at chelsea next weekend. it also says in the club club are looking for someone to take over on an interim basis until the end of the season. that makes it appear that they may be looking at someone who is currently in a job, they may find it difficult to get out both the job. find it difficult to get out both thejob. to get find it difficult to get out both the job. to get them find it difficult to get out both thejob. to get them out find it difficult to get out both the job. to get them out of their position. that would raise the possibility of someone like moritz yeo or tino ratio pochettino at p56 yeo or tino ratio pochettino at