The Norwegian manager aimed a subtle jibe at his players over their inability to put the result beyond all doubts on Sunday night.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer joked Manchester United “like to make it hard” for themselves following the narrow 1-0 victory over West Ham United.
Manchester United struggled to break down a resolute West Ham defense and beat an unwavering Lukas Fabianski.
An unfortunate own goal by Craig Dawson off Scott McTominay’s header separated the two sides at the end of 90 minutes.
The Red Devils, who are now unbeaten in their last 13 games in all competitions, leapfrogged Leicester City to go back into second in the Premier League standings.
Speaking after the match, Solskjaer was pleased with the result but wanted to see his side put the game to bed.
“As expected, they are always going to make it hard for you,” Solskjaer told Sky Sports post-match.
“We could have been more comfortable towards the end as we had a few decent chances to finish it off. We like to make it hard for ourselves!
“We created massive opportunities but the final pass or shot wasn’t good enough. We could have [scored] two or three easily. But then it could have ended up in our net at the end as they are a threat.
“We know West Ham are challenging to get in the top four so it was a big result, and we kept a clean sheet again.”
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