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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was delighted with his team’s ability to pull off another late victory after a Marcus Rashford goal in injury time condemned Wolverhampton Wanderers to defeat. 1-0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
It lifted United, which had similarly scored several road victories this season, to second place in the standings. They are two points behind champion and leader Liverpool and opened up the possibility of an exciting title race.
Solskjaer was also wary about United’s chances of winning their first league title since 2013 in Alex Ferguson’s last season in charge.
“I am very boring, but we cannot get too far ahead,” Solskjaer told the BBC. “We have reached a decent position at the moment, but the season has not even reached the middle.
“It is my first win in the league against them. There have never been many goals in games but for me it is a big step forward, that you don’t play well but you win.
“It was a point that we brought in at the beginning of the season in a match. We don’t win many points towards the end of the games and we have a tradition at this club.”
“That has happened so many times in that final and now we have earned quite a few points towards the end of the games and that is both a mental and a physical aspect.”
Solskjaer, who scored one of the last most memorable winners for United in a 2-1 win against Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final, noted that building a team capable of turning draws into wins was a arduous task.
“Now we have a group that is more robust both mentally and physically. We have gone through some tough training periods, we have played many games and they are getting fitter,” said the 47-year-old Norwegian.
“The fitter you are, the more you can do. But mentally it also gives you a boost to know that you can win games towards the end. We didn’t do as well as we wanted, but we won a game against a very difficult team.” to play “.
United are home to Aston Villa in their next game on Friday, while the Wolves visit Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
(Written by Zoran Milosavljevic; Edited by Pritha Sarkar)
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