Man Utd 1-3 PSG: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, definition critic, defends Fred | Football News

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Paris St-Germain were ‘here for a drink’ but was swept away by Man Utd’s temperamental arrival at Old Trafford.

The French champions won 3-1 and will win the group with a victory over Istanbul Basaksehir in their final game, while United, who had Fred sent off in the second half, must avoid defeat at RB Leipzig to advance to the stage. direct elimination.

However, Solskjaer says it would have been different if United had finished their chances, having seen Anthony Martial go through several good starts and Edinson Cavani hitting the crossbar with a daring chip.

“It was a very good football game which deserved the fans,” Solskjaer said. BT sport. “When you see the team chips you think there can be goals in this game because there is a lot of attacking talent and I don’t think anyone has been disappointed. Opportunities for both teams.

“With a more clinical finish, we could have finished the game in the middle of the second half. In this period, they were there to be taken.

“We had great opportunities at the time, great moments. That’s the difference when it comes to the big games: the clinical moments. You can talk about possession in the middle and which team dominates, but games are always decided on both ends.

Fred saw a tough second yellow card and was sent off in the 70th minute, but the Brazilian was fortunate enough not to see a red card for nudging a header towards Leandro Paredes in the first half.

Solskjaer admitted his player was ‘lucky’ not to be sent off for the first incident, but he did so later in the game.

“Fred shouldn’t be tilting his head towards him,” Solskjaer said. I don’t think I touched it, but you still don’t. So he was a little lucky, it’s nothing or it’s a red card. I thought he might be a little lucky to stay when the ref decided to give him something.

“Fred played really well. We’re talking about staying calm, staying upright, and the second yellow card is hardly a foul. Ander (Herrera, victim of a fault) also knows it, he definitely knows it ”.

However, Solskjaer dismissed a suggestion in his post-match press conference that he should have replaced Fred at halftime, with the player holding a yellow card at the time.

“I thought Fred kept a cool head exceptionally well in the second half. He had no luck with the referee’s decision. You can say in retrospect, having 11 men sure would have been better, but who can say? “

Solskjaer also revealed that he is hopeful that Marcus Rashford, who scored United’s only goal in the game before limping with a 20-minute mark remaining, will be available to face West Ham, live on Sky Sports on Saturday. “Let’s see how quickly you can recover,” Solskjaer said. Hope I’m ready for the West Ham game next weekend. But we don’t know.