Premier League 2019-20: 3 reasons why Manchester United will finish in the top 4

#2 Solskjaer could be close to figuring out his team's attacking identity

Manchester United v Liverpool FC - Premier League

Manchester United have scored 10 goals in their opening 9 games in the Premier League. Only two of the 13 teams above them in the table have scored fewer.

Solskjaer was always going to be up against it when United chose to ship out Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez without replacing either of them. The United attack line has seemed uncertain of how to play since the second game.

It is the match against old rivals Liverpool that sets the most obvious precedent on how Solskjaer needs to set his attack up.

It wasn't just lip service when rival manager Jurgen Klopp mentioned umpteen times in his pre-match conference that Liverpool needed to be wary of the speed of United's forwards. After Marcus Rashford's much improved display against the Liverpool defence and the return to fitness of Anthony Martial, Solskjaer may have identified the way he can set things up for the Red Devils.

The solution lies in the quartet of Rashford, Martial, James and Pogba forming a slick and mobile (non-Lukaku-esque mobile) attacking unit.

Solskjaer's problems would almost evaporate if he can get these four working together on the pitch. Considering their defence is actually not half bad (only three teams are above them in the table in conceding fewer than the 9 goals they have shipped), it isn't that tough to imagine that United are just a few goals short of vastly improving their league position.