🗣️ — Solskjær on return of Darren Fletcher:
“He has Manchester United DNA. Spot open as Mark Dempsey has moved to the academy. Darren has been away from the club for a few years, then came back to coach U-16s. Important to bring in ex-players. He will improve us.”
🗣️ — Solskjær on new lockdown:
“Difficult situation for everyone. We are privileged to be able to play & hopefully we can continue. It is a release to watch games but we have to work hard to stay within the guidelines. We are doing our best to keep show on.”
🗣️ — Solskjær:
“You play football to win trophies, even though when you win one you move onto the next. It gives you the hunger to get more. We have developed a lot from last semi in EFL Cup. We are confident. We are in good form. There are no excuses.”
🗣️ — Solskjaer on semi-final against City:
“For this team it would be a very big step, getting hands on a trophy. We’ve developed since last year. It’s about fine margins. We’ll benefit from rotations we’ve made. We go in good form, no excuses.”
🗣️ — Solskjaer:
“It’s always a good question — how important is it and then I can ask very. The next game is always important, the semi-final is a chance to get to a final, next round.”
🗣 — Solskjær:
“Of course we’re disappointed not to have Edinson, he and Phil Jones are the only two not availablebfor selection.”
🗣️ — Solskjaer on last match against City:
“We didn’t have the X factor last game, maybe because they [City] were a little bit more cagey.”
🗣️ — Solskjær:
“You have two teams who wanna get to the final, we’ve had four days now after Villa so hopefully we’ve got more fresh legs, difficult season but we’ll benefit from rotations made, that’s gonna be important with having fresh legs.”
🗣️ — Solskjaer:
“I’ve seen progress, sometimes the results don’t show the whole picture of the game, some of our counter-attacking goals and in the wins we’ve had have been brilliant.”
🗣️ — Solskjaer:
“Away in the league when we won we could have scored four or five in a 10 or 15 min period, a few of the counter-attacks were out of this world, but had less control of the ball.”
🗣️ — Solskjaer:
“You never know what kind of system he’s [Pep Guardiola] will come up with but you’ve got to defend really well against Man City, it’s hard to keep the ball in their half.”
🗣️ — Solskjaer:
“We have to be brave, compact, trust your players, play out of their [Manchester City’s] press, they’re one of the quickest ones to put the counter pressure on.”
🗣️ — Solskjær:
“When you get to a semi you’ve done a lot of good work to get to a semi-final and you play better & better opponent, we’ve improved immensely in a year since last semi when we were in Europe in August. For me, it’s a step closer to the final.”
