Pogba doubles up again with Solskjaer saluting lack of showboating

MANCHESTER UNITED caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised Paul Pogba for playing “the efficient game” with “no showboating” after the midfielder’s impressive showing in the 4-1 victory over Bournemouth.

Pogba (inset) scored two goals for the second successive match and set up another as United’s run of wins since sacking Jose Mourinho and appointing Solskjaer was extended to a third game.

Pogba has impressed in all three of those contests – across which the Red Devils have scored 12 times – having been restored to the starting line-up by Solskjaer.

Solskjaer said of the Frenchman: “That today is a top, top performance for a midfielder, because it is all round.

“It’s work rate, it’s dangerous in the box, he wins headers, he wins tackles and there is no showboating. It’s touch, pass, move, and he plays the efficient game, and Paul knows he’s at his best when he plays that game. “There was one flick maybe that he missed halfway through the second half that he knows he could have done better with, but there is not a lot else he could have done.” “As I’ve said to all the players when I speak to them, we want to see the best out of them, we want to see them enjoy themselves, within the framework, within how we want the team to play.

“And all of them, they have really, really performed.”

Pogba produced a closerange finish in the fifth minute, added a header in the 33rd, and then – after Marcus Rashford had made it 3-0 and Nathan Ake replied for Bournemouth – provided the assist as substitute Romelu Lukaku made it 4-1 with 18 minutes to go.