Following the 3-1 win over rivals Arsenal, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted to showing his squad Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney clips to illustrate classic examples of counter-attacking goals.
Manchester United ran away 3-1 winners with goals from Alexis Sanchez, Jesse Lingard, and Anthony Martial while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the consolation goal for Arsenal. All of United’s goals came from counter attacks with Arsenal enjoying the lion’s share of possession throughout the game.
Speaking in a post-match press conference after the win over Arsenal, Solskjaer admitted to using Rooney and Ronaldo clips, “We’d worked hard at defending and counter-attacking. Counter-attacking is classic Manchester United. There are so many examples of that vs Arsenal, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ji Sung Park and we showed them those videos
