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Roy Keane has dig at Frank Lampard as he calls for Solskjaer to be given more time

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Published January 19, 2020

FORMER Manchester United captain Roy Keane leapt to the defence of Old Trafford manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following yesterday’s loss at Liverpool.

Fifth-placed United trail the runaway Premier League leaders by an astonishing 30 points after the 2-0 Anfield defeat, increasing the pressure on Solskjaer.

But, speaking as a pundit on Sky Sports, Keane (pictured above) insisted his former team-mate should be given more time, claiming the Norwegian is judged differently to other managers, such as fourth-placed Chelsea boss Frank Lampard. ‘We question that Ole is not up to it and look at his CV, yet other managers at other clubs are given the benefit of the doubt. Give the man a chance,’ Keane said.

‘Frank Lampard is at Chelsea and I saw Chelsea last night. He has a decent team and couldn’t get the job done. Frank Lampard has lost eight games yet for some reason he’s doing all right. Maybe it’s because he’s English, I don’t know.

‘Look at Frank’s CV. He was at Derby and didn’t get promoted and yet he’s got all the answers at Chelsea. He hasn’t. Give Ole time. It’s the same with the previous managers. I would’ve given David Moyes more than eight months. I’d certainly give Ole another year — 100 per cent.’

On the game, Solskjaer himself said: ‘There were times we took the game to them and created chances, big chances. We then send everyone up to get the equaliser and they get the goal. They put you under pressure and you have to concentrate at the back. It was a much better performance than a year ago here.’
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