Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will must take full responsibility if his side fail to challenge for the Premier League title this season.
Matic has been dropped from the United starting XI this term, managing just 22 minutes in his sole appearance from the bench.
22-year-old Scott McTominay has been selected to start alongside Paul Pogba instead – a decision the Serbian disagrees with having taken his concerns to the manager.
"The coach must opt for the team that will fight for the title and if he does not win, he bears the responsibility," Matic told reporters ahead of Serbia's Euro qualifier against Portugal on Saturday.
"I have been in football for a long time, I have played almost all the games for all the clubs in the last 10 years. In order for me to play, one had to sit on the bench and accept that fact, and so do I now."
Matic says he respects Solskjaer’s decision to drop him and is ready to bide his time on the bench.
"In the first two or three games he picked the team without me," Matic, 31, added.
"I work as hard as I can. We respect the decision, it's up to me to show him that he was wrong and to bring me back to where I belong.
"There is no problem. I told him I disagreed with him but that he had to decide the team."
