NOT GUNNAR TAKE IT

when you’re in charge of United. Solskjaer is on course to clinch runners-up spot behind City in the Premier League title race – three years after Mourinho claimed trailing Pep Guardiola’s centurions by 19 points was one of his finest achievements. The United manager said: “You can’t say that (finishing second) is an achievement. Our ambition is a lot more than second place. I said that when I wasn’t even at the club. You can never be happy with that – and we’re not.

“Don’t get me wrong, our ambition is to catch the team in front of us.”

Finishing second would represent progress for Solskjaer who also hopes to go into contract negotiations in the summer on the back of a Europa League triumph.

He added: “At the moment City have had a fantastic season. They have had three or four of them now and we know the challenge ahead of us. But we have to take it on.”