Pogba was denied a penalty in Manchester United’s draw at Wolves.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford are both Manchester United’s penalty takers and it is up to them who steps up each time.
The coach refused to blame Paul Pogba after the Manchester United star missed a penalty in Monday’s 1-1 draw, after taking spot-kick duties from Marcus Rashford.
Pogba wasted a chance to give United their second successive Premier League win when his penalty was saved by Wolves keeper Rui Patricio.
It was the fourth missed penalty by Pogba since the start of last season. The France midfielder appeared to tell Rashford that he wanted to take it, even though his United team-mate had scored from the spot against Chelsea last weekend.
“The two of them are designated the penalty shooters and it’s up to them there and then who feels ‘this is mine’,” Solskjaer said.
“Sometimes players just feel they are confident enough to score. Paul has scored so many penalties for us and today Rui Patricio made a good save.
“You can see the slide on the powerpoint that this is the plan. We won’t change it after this week. The two have been confident. Last week Marcus scored a goal and today Paul was confident. The two of them have been very confident. I like players with confidence and the feeling that ‘I can do this’.”
England star Rashford added that Pogba had insisted how he wanted to take the penalty.
“Paul wanted to take it. It’s that simple. Everyone can miss one. He has scored plenty of penalties in his United career. If you want to take it you take it. I took one last week and it is unfortunate he missed”, Rashford said.
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