- Title: Solskjaer hopes Man United can stop "courageous" Norwich side
- Date: 25th October 2019
- Summary: BELGRADE, SERBIA (OCTOBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER, ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER, ON NORWICH, SAYING: "They've, they started a league - when I watched the first game against Liverpool, I saw a team with lots of courage, they were brave, they played their own way and they kept going. And that has given them some great results. When they beat Newcastle, when they beat Manchester City. A team with a clear philosophy on how they want to play. So, I hope we're gonna stop them. Because it's always going to be difficult down at Carrow Road. But we're ready for it now. We've been to Belgrade here. Got some players back - I managed to take Aaron (Wan-Bissaka) and Anthony (Martial) off after 60 minutes. Because they've been out for a long time. So hopefully, we have a fresh team because we need to be at our best to have a chance." SOLSKJAER DURING NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER, ON CHANGING FORMATION, SAYING: "Well, I think the injuries made us get into a position where the performances didn't come. And we had fit centre backs, good centre backs, quality centre backs and it just made it easier to go back to a back three against Liverpool and again today. We got Jesse (Lingard), he can play in that three-midfield. We've got players who've played - so today for example, Sergio (Romero) played a World Cup final. Marcos (Rojo) played a World Cup final in a back three. 'Jona' (Phil Jones) and Harry (Maguire), they were involved in a back three in a (World Cup) semi-final. You got Jesse (Lingard) played in this position - so, it’s just, injuries have made us go into this position. But its working quite well." CAMERA (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER, ON NOT CREATING ENOUGH SCORING OPPORTUNITIES, SAYING: "Well, we've not created as many (chances) as we'd like. We've not scored as many as we'd like. But now Anthony's (Martial) back. Got a goal today. I'm sure we'll see us improve as a team with Anthony (Martial) in the team because he does give us something different." JOURNALIST WORKING ON COMPUTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER, OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER, SAYING: "'Dan' (Daniel James) can play many positions. I saw many others, but Andreas (Pereira) can play there, Jesse (Lingard) can play there, Juan (Mata) can play there. So we've got loads of players who can play in behind two forwards. It could just be who's fit, who's in form, what do we decide is the best against Norwich."
- Embargoed: 8th November 2019 09:37
- Keywords: Manchester United Norwich Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Anthony Martial
- Location: BELGRADE, SERBIA
- City: BELGRADE, SERBIA
- Country: Serbia
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2LF8ZJ
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- Story Text: Manchester United manger Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has praised Norwich as a team with "lots of courage" and with a "clear philosophy" on how they want to play, ahead of their trip to Carrow Road on Sunday (October 27).
On the back of a tense 1-0 victory away to Partizan Belgrade in the Europe League, Solskjaer believes his side are ready and should be fresh for the test, especially with the return of first team players, including Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Anthony Martial.
Solskjaer also admitted that injury problems forced his hand into playing three in defence, as was the case against Liverpool in the league and away to Partizan, but that it was "working quite well".
The Red Devils make the trip to Norwich in the unfamiliar position of 14th in the league with just ten points to show from nine games and in the midst of their worst start to a league season in 30 years.
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