​Solskjaer admits Man Utd suffering with set-pieces after Liverpool loss | OneFootball

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits his side are not defending set pieces well enough.

United conceded twice from such situations during their 4-2 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford on Thursday.

Liverpool had to win to keep their top four hopes alive and did so with a terrific attacking display, which was aided by some poor United defending.

Asked about set pieces, Solskjaer told reporters: "You never like to concede on set plays.

"We've done that too often, so we need to work on that. As for the way we started the second half, we want to play out from the back and we trust the players to do that.

"Once in a while it can go wrong and unfortunately today it did go wrong.

"We've seen so many times that it's worked and we've played through teams.

"Unfortunately it's against Liverpool when it didn't work.

"It was really, really poor, the start of the second half.

"We gave them that third goal."