Manchester United have had a bit of a nightmare in that first half against Liverpool, with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer having to make all three of his substitutions already.
Three United players have gone off injured, while Roberto Firmino also had to go off for Liverpool, and a number of Red Devils fans are not too pleased with one of Solskjaer’s decisions.
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The Norwegian at one point replaced Juan Mata and with Jesse Lingard, only for the latter to end up injured later in the half, making way for Alexis Sanchez.
It is perhaps not too surprising that Solskjaer didn’t really fancy bringing on the off-form Sanchez against Liverpool, but to opt for a player already struggling with injury, having missed the FA Cup win over Chelsea earlier in the week, was always going to be a big risk.
United fans aren’t too impressed, with many turning on Solskjaer for the first time really since he took the job back in December…
https://twitter.com/united_data/status/1099684650065240070
https://twitter.com/Itsmboya_k/status/1099684628938530817
School boy mistake by Solskjær
— . (@TundeeO) February 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/RedDevil2019/status/1099686716128976896
first mistake by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer since he got hired as coach. not bad. first mistake is only coming after so many games. Lingard shouldn’t have come on at all
— 6zero1 (@penjanichanda) February 24, 2019
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Hate to say it but massive mistake from Solskjaer to bring on Lingard so early when he's not fit. Especially with Rashford not looking likely to last all game.
— Slabhead FC (@Slabhead_Szn) February 24, 2019
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Why force unfit Lingard to play when you have Sanchez? ?
— Boni Yan Adibrata (@boniyabra) February 24, 2019
Still trying understand why Ole sent on a half fit Lingard knowing Rashford is struggling and limping. What wrong has Sanchez done him? Very inexperience of him. #MUNLFC
— BizMac Ans (@iamBizey) February 24, 2019
I said it.
Putting in Lingard was a stupid decision.
Poor decision from Ole
— Adigun ? (@Mubsyn) February 24, 2019