'Home and away form is out the window with no fans': Ole Gunnar Solskjaer again blames an empty Old Trafford for Manchester United's woeful home form after Arsenal defeat
* Manchester United fell to their home league defeat of the season on Sunday
* Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored from the spot to hand Arsenal the win
* Solskjaer made reference to the empty Old Trafford following their defeat
* The United manager made similar comments after a 0-0 draw against Chelsea
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has again blamed the lack of fans at Old Trafford as Manchester United failed to get a result against Arsenal.
A 69th-minute penalty from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang handed the Gunners their first victory away at Old Trafford in 14 years.
After United's woeful display, Solskjaer conceded that his team were too sloppy, but added that home and away form is 'out of the window' with no fans in the stadium.
Solskjaer made similar comments after their 0-0 draw with Chelsea last month, saying they could have scored if the Stretford End was full.
After the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal, Solskjaer said: 'From the first half we never turned up. They were better than us. A couple of half decent chances, second half it didn’t look like they would score other than penalty, we have to turn up with more intensity.
'That might be a reason, when you think you have played well you take foot off the pedal, but that’s now how it works. We weren’t at the races.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saw his side fall to a third home defeat of the season against Arsenal
'Today we were too sloppy, too many passes went astray, too many things that can go wrong went wrong for us.
'There is a reason behind big squads in football, you want to perform time and again but that’s not possible. We need that consistency.
'Home and away form is out the window really with no fans in the stadium. You cant really look at that, just look at the stats. It doesn’t mean too much, we need to get points on the board. We need to focus on Everton next week.'
Solskjaer said home and away form is 'out of the window' with no fans inside stadiums
After the game at Chelsea, Solskjaer said: 'It was two teams that played in Europe this week and it showed a little in the first-half. In the second half we pushed on and if the Stretford End is full, we might get that ball over the line.
It was a disappointing result for the Red Devils, with fans hoping they had turned the corner after their 6-1 thumping by Tottenham before the last international break.
Since then they have won three of their last four games, including two highly impressive results in the Champions League.
However their form at home in the league will remain a big concern for Solskjaer.
Their point against Chelsea was their only one in four home games so far, after defeats to three London-based sides in Crystal Palace, Tottenham and Arsenal.
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alasannya karena stadion kosong, lha itu di laga UCL bisa menang tanpa penonton. eh di UCL udah ada penonton blom sih ato cuma kapasitas terbatas?