“That was fantastic from the first minute” says Ole Gunnar Solskjær after victory over Leeds

“That was fantastic from the first minute” says Ole Gunnar Solskjær after victory over Leeds

Ole Gunnar Solskjær has praised his Manchester United side after their thrilling and high scoring win over Leeds United as they won 6-2. Braces from midfield duo Bruno Fernandes and Scott Mctominay and further goals from Dan James and Victor Lindelof earned the Red Devils’ their 2nd win at home in the Premier League this season, which helped them climb to 3rd in the table.

Ole Gunnar Solskjær speaks after Leeds win


United have been slow-starters this season but were 2-0 up inside three minutes, Scott McTominay scored twice. Further goals by Bruno Fernandes and Victor Lindelöf and one from Liam Cooper for Leeds made it 4-1 at the interval.

A second from Fernandes, Daniel James’s first league goal since August 2019 and Stuart Dallas’s fine finish for the Yorkshire club completed the scoring.

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Solskjær said: “It could have been 12-4. It was that kind of game. That was fantastic from the first minute – we had a plan to get after them, go forwards when we had the ball and Scott McTominay got two goals in the first three minutes.

We found a way of getting them going – just imagine if there were 75,000 people in, it would have gone down in history as one of the great performances against Leeds.

We had to earn the right by running as much as them, that’s a challenge. I enjoyed it, it was frantic, hectic. No matter what the score is they have a certain attitude or style, if they are 5-0 up or down.”

Solskjær was asked if United really could have reached double figures. “I’m very happy with the way we created chances – our skill, some fantastic moves,” he said. “But yes, sometimes you look at it and think: ‘Put the ball in the goal.’ But I can’t be greedy, Mason [Greenwood], Anthony [Martial] and Marcus [Rashford] didn’t get on the scoresheet and they’re our main strikers, so this is good.”

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