The second half of Manchester United’s match against Copenhagen is under way, the score is goalless and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s brow is glistening with sweat. United are struggling to break down the Danish side in their Europa League quarter-final in Cologne and Solskjaer is getting anxious. He starts chatting to Mike Phelan, his assistant manager, about who to bring off the bench, but it was not until the 70th minute that Solskjaer made a change — and it was not an attacking one. Instead, the Norwegian brought on Victor Lindelof and Nemanja Matic for Eric Bailly and Fred. One of the coaching staff admitted privately after the game that the attacking options on the bench were not likely to turn the

Source: The Times August 17, 2020 16:07 UTC