Man Utd News: Scott McTominay Condemned by Wolves' Defeat

Manchester United striker Scott McTominay said the Wolves' loss left him "torn" as well as his team-mates.

The men of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saw the club promoted – which eliminated United from the FA Cup last month – compromised their hopes of finishing in the top four in the Premier League by inflicting a 2-1 defeat.

In the wake, the young Scotsman said that United's players were baffled by the defeat against their third defeat in four games, having taken the lead and had several opportunities to score again.

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"It was a strange night," said McTominay MUTV. "I was sitting with the boys in the locker room telling myself," How did not we win this game? " "

"But the goals are changing the matches and we have been so unhappy.

"The boys are empty and it was hard to take."

The Wolves have only two shots on target – Diogo Jota's equalizer and Chris Smalling's goal – despite his good times.

McTominay added, "We played so well in the first half an hour and we did not react as well to their goal as we normally would.

"For the first hour we were good nick. We could not wait, we had so many chances and the game changed so quickly. "

The Scottish international, 22, was one of United's top performers on a night when Paul Pogba silenced the player and Ashley Young was sent off.

McTominay scored his first senior goal for the club with a strike out of the box and added, "It's so important for you to race for your football club.

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"You watch the players as [Paul] Scholes and [Michael] Carrick and the midfield players like that and want to emulate. "

Solskjaer was impressed by McTominay's performance, saying: "Scott has never never let us down and today was another very good performance of Scottie. So, it will not be difficult to see him play for Man United for many, many games.

"He has such a mentality, he is so sporty that he can play in different positions.Today, we feel that this is his best position as a high midfielder, but he can to play defensive role as he did it against PSG and Liverpool. So, I was very very happy with him. "