LONDON (Reuters) - Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will find himself in familiar territory in more ways than one when he takes charge of Manchester United for the first time at Cardiff City on Saturday. So often previous United manager Alex Ferguson's go-to substitute when things were going wrong on the pitch -- most notably his match-winning goal in the 1999 Champions League final -- the Norwegian now faces another rescue act. The 45-year-old was named as caretaker manager by the troubled Old Trafford club on Wednesday in the wake of Jose Mourinho's sacking 24 hours earlier. The final straw for United's hierarchy was a 3-1 defeat by Premier League leaders Liverpool which left United 19 points off the top and 11 points away from fourth-placed Chelsea. Yet conjuring up a style of football that gets the best out of United's attacking options while shoring up a leaky rearguard is what he will be judged on.

Source: The Star December 20, 2018 01:52 UTC