Solskjaer on front foot urging United to fill their boots
MANCHESTER United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants his players to ‘fill their boots’ when they host Partizan Belgrade in the Europa League at Old Trafford tonight.
United are looking to bounce back from another disappointing Premier League result after losing to Bournemouth on Saturday by qualifying for the knockout stages.
Solskjaer’s side have taken seven points from their three games so far but have only scored twice, while they have managed more than one goal in a Premier League game on just two occasions this season.
The Norwegian said: ‘We’ll have to start tomorrow and hope Partizan don’t remember this with joy.
‘I played in quite a few games at home and if you get a good start you can fill your boots and hopefully we can get off to a good start tomorrow. Front-foot football.
‘We’ve had so many games where we’ve been 1-0 up and now it’s
■ THERE are no plans for a major spending spree in January to boost results, insists Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. ‘(With) transfers we always look at the long term,’ he said. ‘It might be none, might be one, might be two. But it’s always the summer window that’s the big one. You can’t do too many good deals in January.’
about, come on, let’s go for the second and third because maybe we’ve taken a step back and said we need to get the result for me, and I’d rather these boys just go for it and make a mistake or two.’
United appeared to have turned a corner before the Bournemouth game with a run of three straight victories but Solskjaer accepts there will be bumps along the road to improvement.
He said: ‘You’re disappointed when you lose a game and of course we were on half a run. But it won’t happen in one instance that you turn everything round.
‘We’ve got a great chance now to qualify for the next round, which then means the last two games you can try out a few things.
‘There’s never a short cut in football. It’s hard work, stick together, team spirit. They want to do well and for one reason or another sometimes we haven’t got the results. Now is the chance to get two wins before the (international) break.’
United, who face Brighton on Saturday, will be without Victor Lindelof who played at Bournemouth but is sidelined with a back injury.
Solskjaer said: ‘ He got a knock against Chelsea and he didn’t come through the game against Bournemouth without a reaction.’