Lonnick on the VAR decision: I don't know who to talk to about this, and talking about it will not change any outcome

In the second part of the press conference before the match against Southampton, Manchester United interim manager Ronnick was asked whether there was mental and physical fatigue in the current team, to which he said that the team's situation had nothing to do with fatigue, but more of a psychological problem.

How do you want Pogba and B Fee to interact in the game?

Lonnick: "In my opinion, Pogba and B Fee have a lot of the qualities you need in the modern 10th, 8th or 6th places, and most of the top clubs in Europe use a 6-slot and two-slot 8-slot configurations, and I think that's one of the reasons we've improved in possession. In recent weeks, when we had possession, we created chances, and while we didn't score the goals that should have been scored, I think the way we created opportunities had to do with the team changing the formation from 4-2-2-2 to 4-3-3. ”

Does the current team have mental and physical fatigue problems?

Lonnick: "I don't think it has anything to do with fatigue because if that were the case, we wouldn't be in control again in the last 20 or 25 minutes against Burnley. I think it's more of a psychological issue, when you realize that you're dominant in the game, but when the score isn't 2-0 or 3-0 but 1-1, it has some impact on the players, and like us, we can't believe that in the 55th minute to the 60th minute of the game, the score is still 1-1. ”

"It's something we talked about again with the team yesterday and even if that happens, we should still realise why we're in control of the game, which (controlling the game without being able to lead the score) is a possible thing in football. We had 15 minutes to get back to the two No. 8 formations, Pogba would sometimes pop up between our centre-backs to catch the ball, McTominay would do the same, B Fee tried to pick it up on the flanks, the team showed that, in the final stages of the game, there were almost no players in the center of the stadium. ”

"It was something we did really well in the first half, by being very close to each other and always keeping the local side in a triangle, we were always able to play in that way, we worked with each other, but that wasn't the case in the last 15 minutes. We didn't stick to our positions and that's exactly what we talked to the players about yesterday and we shouldn't have done that, even if something unexpected happened during the game. ”

The VAR penalty awards in the last two games have also been unsatisfactory, are you considering discussing this further with the FA, the Premier League or The PGMOL?

Lonnick: "No, I don't even know who to talk to about that, I don't think that's going to change anything, of course those decisions have been very unlucky for us, whether it's the handball decision against that game in Middlesbrough or the fact that our two goals against Burnley were invalidated, but that's football and we have to learn and deal with that. Of course, we hope the penalty will be different, but in the end the situation remains the same and even if I call someone now, it won't change any outcome. ”

"We have to focus all on what we can influence, we can focus on our own progress and I believe we can continue to do that in the coming weeks, we will improve our performance and create as many opportunities as possible and make the chances for the opponents as few as possible." It sounds simple, but that's what the game is all about, creating as many chances as possible and giving the opponent as few chances as possible, maybe only giving them one or two chances in a match, under normal circumstances, you can also win. ”

(Ma Dongyu)