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Edinson Cavani made an Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but he was compared to another of Manchester United’s treble winners, Andy Cole, after inspiring them to a dramatic victory at Southampton.
Cavani was United’s super substitute, a role his coach Solskjaer played so often during his playing career at United, scoring two goals and setting up the Bruno Fernandes goal that started his team’s comeback from 2-0 in against after his presentation at halftime.
Cavani was initially not ready for the start of the second half and was still changing boots when action resumed after the break, earning a taunt from his coach.
But Solskjaer ended the afternoon by saluting the know-how and quality of the experienced forward.
Solskjaer said: ‘He reminds me of Andy with his movement in the area. He’s so sharp, smart, very timely and, I have to say, he didn’t learn from me because I was ready when the game or the second half started. He always wore his boots tied and with the right heels. He made us wait too long for my liking.
Only one of Cavani’s eight appearances with United since his arrival at the free transfer on the day of the deadline has been since the beginning.
Although in the short time that his movement has had, he has highlighted the enthusiasm, the pace of work.
Solskjaer had made no secret of his desire to add a frontman with a natural instinct to be in the right place at the right time and capable of scoring the goals from the single striker to complement his attack.
Now he has one in the Uruguayan, 33, and added: ‘Sometimes when we have scored goals, it had to be the perfect goal. We almost got into it, there’s an extra pass or great skill or something.
‘Edinson has been around the block, he has scored so many goals, he has played football for so long, he has been between those posts so many times that he knows it. You have seen this game before.
You’ve seen that cross before. He knows exactly when to move and being the best friend in the box is what Sir Alex always used to tell me “your best friend in the box is space” and he gets into that space at the perfect time.
“He has all the attributes of a first-rate footballer and of a human being. He has had a great career, he has scored goals where he has been. He is so professional, meticulous with his preparation, with his recovery, what he does at lunchtime, before the game during the game, so I was surprised that he didn’t have his boots ready when the second half started, but also have a focus. . The point of the box is important to us. We really haven’t had that since Romelu left.
Solskjaer turned to Cavani with United behind Jan Bednarek’s header and James Ward-Prowse’s signature free kick.
Trying to save the latter, David De Gea crashed into the post, had to come off at halftime with a knee injury and was replaced by Dean Henderson, delivered on a long-awaited Premier League debut.
De Gea will have a knee scan on Monday before United’s Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
United have won all four Premier League away games this season after falling behind.
Solskjaer said: ‘That is very important and a trait that Man United should always have. Never give up, never give in.
“I don’t know how many times I was on the field and we came back and won games towards the end.
‘We had a manager [Sir Alex Ferguson] that never, never allows anyone to give up and that is one of my values. ‘
Hasenhuttl saw his team’s impressive seven-game undefeated streak come to an end, but insisted: ‘I don’t want people to fall.
“ When you hear them celebrating in their dressing room, you know what you’ve done today and how tough you’ve been an opponent because they were celebrating like they had won the Premier League.
‘That’s the best for me because it’s definitely a statement if they’re celebrating like this because it was a difficult game.
“They had to play the best they could to beat us and we can definitely be proud of what we have done today.”
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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