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- Manchester United 5-0 RB Leipzig (1-0)
Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Manchester United got off to a brilliant start to the Champions League with 2-1 over Paris Saint-Germain last week.
On Wednesday night, RB Leipzig was the opponent at Old Trafford. It didn’t start very well in terms of play for the home team, but it finished brilliantly at 5-0.
The new signing Alex Telles from Porto was not in the call. After the match, Solskjær confirmed to MUTV that the Brazilian left-back has tested positive for covid-19.
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Reports are silent on when Telles tested positive, but he was not against Chelsea this weekend either. He has played a game for United since signing this summer.
– He has been unconscious for a while, but has no symptoms. It’s okay and we can’t wait to get it back, says Solskjær.
The consolation after the crown message is what happened on the field, where the goals finally came.
– Marcus Rashford came in and did very well. The basic work was there by the team, but that’s what you want from the substitutes, says the coach.
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The criticized young Mason Greenwood was hit by Paul Pogba, who crashed into the net. This was the prelude to the goal show at 21 minutes.
The guests looked for a draw for a long time and had their chances. But it was Manchester United who got the next goal, when substitute Marcus Rashford made it 2-0 in the 76th minute.
Two minutes later he scored 3-0. Anthony Martial scored 4-0 on a penalty kick three minutes before the end. And as if that wasn’t enough: Rashford gave United 5-0 in overtime.
This was also the end result, in what turned into a night out at Old Trafford. Of course, it is marked in print in English Thursday newspapers.
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– The group grows stronger and stronger. The more quality and effort you have, the better the performance, says Solskjær.
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Mens:
Manchester United were weak in the first half of the game. Everything improved when substitutes Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford entered.
In the V sport (formerly Viasport) study there was an intense discussion during the break between experts Jan Åge Fjørtoft, Rune Bratseth and Morten Langli.
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The discussion arose after an initial round where guests had the ball 66 percent of the time. It was Fjørtoft who directed:
– This is Manchester United, who cannot have their own game at home. Where does United want to be? This is not enough if you are going to be Manchester United.
He continued:
– There are completely different expectations for United than for RB Leipzig. Leipzig has not been so good. But they become more at peace, because they shouldn’t be one of the best teams in the world.
Fjørtoft received support from Bratseth:
– After the 1-0 score, they only got even deeper. When they start to open the game from behind, they don’t know what to do. There is no movement to the front. There is no system of things. What is the basic game? Do not ask me. They lose the ball over and over.
– The problem is the game behind, thought Langli.
– The best teams have an established game, a pattern of play, where they play from behind.
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Solskjær started with Fernandes and Rashford on the bench. That was possibly one of the reasons creativity and speed disappeared.
This improved a lot when the star players entered.
Or more precisely:
Direct crushing:
5-0 lets you know.
And the discussion in the studio after:
– Solskjær saw the same as us during the break. In the second half, they exploded, Fjørtoft concluded.
– It was a completely different aggression when they moved the game higher.
In football, things change quickly. Very fast.
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– It was a little crazy. After the first goal was scored, we played well. The last 20 minutes were bad, says RB Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann.
PS: Alexander Sørloth got 24 minutes for the guests, without being able to score.
