Tag: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Liverpool raced into a 4-0 lead in the first half at Old Trafford; Mohamed Salah completed his hat-trick in the second half as Paul Pogba was shown a straight red card; the Man Utd manager told Sky Sports: "It’s the darkest day I’ve had leading these players It has been a dismal recent run of results in the Premier League for United, with Sunday's defeat by one of their biggest rivals leaving them winless in four top-flight matches. It did not take long for Liverpool to take a 2-0 lead, doubling that before half-time with two Mohamed Salah goals. The forward completed his hat-trick early in the second half, before Paul Pogba compounded Man Utd's misery with a straight red card 15 minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute. The defeat once again raises ...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has commanded Manchester United to douse the blazing brilliance of Liverpool’s “on-fire” forward Mohamed Salah. The United manager knows Salah is capable of turning up at Old Trafford tomorrow and making a game-winning contribution, after scoring 12 goals in 11 games this season. Six of those goals have come in Salah’s last four games, including Champions League doubles against Porto and Atletico Madrid, and the Egypt international has only failed to net in one game this term: the 2-0 win over Burnley in August. Although Solskjaer said he would side with Cristiano Ronaldo in any debate about whom the best player in the world, his admiration for Salah shone through. “I’ll always back Cristiano in any competition. He’s unique and his goalscoring record h...