Leicester City 0-1 Manchester United: 5 Tactics from Solskjaer that won the game

Leicester City v Manchester United - Premier League
Leicester City v Manchester United - Premier League

#3 Attacking Intent in an away game

Pogba continuously tried to set up his forward players
Pogba continuously tried to set up his forward players

Pitted against a Leicester City team who had troubled Liverpool in midweek, the Norwegian could have been forgiven had he opted for a cautious approach. However, Solskjaer showed amazing fearlessness and courage as he opted for a very attacking line up that looked to catch the home team on the counter.

United were up quite early in the game and should have been at least 2 goals up in the first half as Rashford was guilty of missing an easy opportunity.

In the second half, with Leicester piling on the pressure, Solskjaer brought on the fresh legs of Lukaku and Martial, opting for attacking substitutions to peg Leicester back. The Frenchman had an excellent chance to double the score but shot straight at Schmeichel.

However, with the home team growing in confidence with every passing minute, the Norwegian finally had to give in to the temptations of securing his lead and he opted to bring on Jones for Lingard in the dying minutes.

The Norwegian's ambition paid dividends on the night, even though, there is a lot of improvement opportunities that he would like to delve on now.

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