Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has refused to blame French international Paul Pogba for missing a penalty that would have given his side a win at Wolverhampton at the end of the second round of the Premier League.

Pogba missed his own penalty after being blocked by Connor Cody when the 1-1 draw equaled the situation between the two teams. He was swept at home at Chelsea's opening with a clean quad.

The Frenchman denied his team the top spot in the league for the first time in 695 days, according to the newspaper «L'Equipe French». Pogba, who missed his fourth kick since the start of last season, asked striker Marcus Rashford to pay his own penalty, although the latter managed to convert a penalty into a goal against Chelsea last week.

Solskjaer commented on the incident, saying: "The two you chose to carry out the penalty, and it is up to them to choose between them," he added.

"The two had confidence. "I love players who are confident and feel that they can do it."

The incident did not go unnoticed for former United captain and Sky Sports analyst Gary Neville, insisting that Solskjaer must solve this dilemma before the next game for his team.

Neville said the team should "make a decision about who is carrying out the penalty in the changing rooms. It's embarrassing." "It's a penalty for Manchester United, not a lottery draw, or a junior game at the school." "Rashford scored last week and took the penalty. "But we didn't feel there was a leader, and there was something wrong." In contrast, Rashford revealed that Pogba had asked him to carry out the penalty, and he agreed. "Paul (Pogba) wanted the kick," the English striker explained. "Any player can miss a penalty, and we have scored many of them, and it is normal to miss one." "I had a successful penalty last week, so there is no problem for me (Pogba) to kick this week," he said, referring to his goal against Chelsea. "Unfortunately, he was unable to score, but he is not to blame. The team is working and we look forward to the next game. ”

Solskjaer said his team had "a mature performance in the first half." But we retreated in the second half. "We are developing, we are a young team that will learn, and we have learned today on the pitch." "Wolverhampton may have got the goal they deserve. "I think we took control again and we could have won." On the other hand, Solskjaer refused to rule out the possibility of the departure of Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez before the closure of the summer transfer period in the European continent, although the latter linked his name to a possible move to Inter Milan and missed his team's game against Wolverhampton.

Manchester United feel disgusted after the abuse of the French star

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United have "strongly condemned" the racist abuse of Paul Pogba on social media after the Frenchman missed a penalty in a 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. In the second stage of the Premier League.

Manchester United said in a statement it was disgusted by the player's abuse.

"Individuals who have expressed these (abusive) views do not represent the values ​​of our big club," he said in the statement. "Manchester United does not tolerate any form of racism or discrimination and always abides by its pledges to address it." "We will work to identify the few involved in these abuses and take tough action against them," he said. We also encourage social media companies to take action on these cases. ” London

Gary Neville:

• "It's a penalty for Manchester United, not a lottery draw."