Manchester United
interim coach Ralf Rangnick has said that his progress at the club has been hampered
by disruptions caused by COVID-19. The German manager, who replaced Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer in November, said that the closure of the club’s Carrington training
base and the postponement of two games have restricted his work.

Rangnick is
yet to lose since taking over from the former Norwegian striker, but he is not
satisfied with the results so far. “Of course not,” the BBC quoted him as
saying in reply to questions about whether he has achieved his targets.

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“Every
coach, every ambitious coach, and there’s no difference between other coaches
and myself in that area – wants to take faster steps and larger steps forward. But
in order to do that, you need to be able to train,” he said.

Rangnick
has beaten Crystal Palace and Norwich in the Premier League either side of drawing
Young Boys in the Champions League in his first three games. This was before
games against Brentford and Brighton and Hove Albion were postponed because of a
COVID outbreak at United.

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The Red
Devils were heled to a 1-1 draw at Newcastle in his latest game on Monday, with
Rangnick saying he “did not like the performance at all” in the 1-1 draw at St James
Park.

“The last
three days, we were almost back to full strength with regard to the size of the
squad, but we couldn’t do that much in training,” he said ahead of Thursday’s
game against Burnley.

“On
the other hand, in those two-three training sessions, the team looked good and
therefore in Monday’s game it was really a bit of a negative surprise, the way
that we played with regard to game speed, game tempo and physicality

United are
seventh in the table, with 28 points from 17 games, seven points off Arsenal in
fourth, although with two games in hand.