Bruno Fernandes says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is not to blame for Manchester United’s recent poor run of form.
The Red devils have won just three of their last nine matches in all competitions, a run which has included Premier League defeats against Liverpool and Leicester City.
Solskjaer has been at the centre of huge criticism following the struggles, with former Liverpool player Dietmar Hamann among those calling for United to sack the Norwegian coach.
But Fernandes, who himself has also been slammed for his displays of late, has backed Solskjaer, while urging his teammates to do more to help their manager.
‘He [Solskjaer] is a great person and everyone knows the human part of him,’ he said.
‘It’s normal people get upset because the results don’t come but it’s too easy to blame only the coach, because we [the players] go on the pitch, we should do better.
‘We got second placed last season, no one was expecting to do as a good a season as we did. ‘It wasn’t as good as what we want, but overall no one was expecting us to finish in second and be so close to Man City.
‘For me, overall he [Solskjaer] is doing a good job and he’s being a big influence on the team since he arrived.
‘We’re still dropping points at home and it’s not good enough, but it’s not only the coaches fault.’
United will be hoping to put their poor run behind them ahead of their crucial Premier League huge game against rivals Man City at Old Trafford on Saturday.
