Manchester United 4-1 Bournemouth: 5 Tactics from Solskjaer that won the game

Modified Dec 30, 2018 19:00 GMT

Manchester United v AFC Bournemouth - Premier League

#1 An extremely attacking Paul Pogba

Gone are the days of restraint for Paul Pogba at Manchester United. Solskjaer had made it pretty clear that the Frenchman was his trump card and had used Pogba as the creative hub of the team in recent times.

It was worked wonderfully well for the Norwegian, as Pogba had been instrumental in getting United firing on all cylinders. Against Bournemouth, Solskjaer had the courage to done something even extreme, he pushed Pogba further up on the pitch and the Frenchman single-handedly sunk the Bournemouth ship.

He opened the scoring in the 5th minute, when he got to the end of Rashford's ball. He repeated the feat in the 33rd minute, getting his head to a gorgeous cross from Herrera.

On both occasions, Pogba was extremely high up on the pitch and was acting almost as a second striker. It was a strategy that worked wonders and Bournemouth had no answer to the Frenchman. Pogba also picked up an assist when he set up Lukaku to score the 4th goal of the game.

The Frenchman had continued his brilliant turn around under his new manager and had earned United all 3 points. And all credit for his revival must go to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has been equally brilliant.

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