Manchester United are recreating the habit of late winners that could lead to an unexpected Premier League title challenge, according to ma...
Manchester United are recreating the habit of late winners that could lead to an unexpected Premier League title challenge, according to manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Marcus Rashford’s deflected strike deep into stoppage time beat Wolves 1-0 on Tuesday to move United up to second and within two points of leaders Liverpool.
After come from behind wins at Brighton and Southampton already this season, United have now won three of their first 15 games of the season in added time, a trait Solskjaer knows well from his playing career at Old Trafford under Alex Ferguson.
“It’s one of the points we brought up early in the season, that we didn’t win many points towards the end of games,” said Solskjaer.
“We have a tradition for it at this club. Obviously we’ve normally got many more supporters helping us to do that. Now we’ve won many more points towards the end of games and that’s both a mental aspect and a physical aspect.”
United laboured for long spells against a youthful Wolves side despite having a day’s extra rest than the visitors, who were in action just 48 hours previously against Tottenham.
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