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PERTH, Australia — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the man charged with turning around Manchester United’s fortunes.
Two weeks into his first preseason as manager — and less than a month before the Premier League campaign kicks off against Chelsea at Old Trafford on Aug. 11 — Solskjaer spoke to ESPN in a roundtable setting, which also included The Times, The Telegragh, The Sun, The Mail and The Mirror, at the Crown Towers hotel in Perth, United’s team base.
Among the many topics covered: His hopes for…
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Messi has scored at least 40 goals in each of his last 10 seasons for Barcelona.
What a weekend of football, eh?
The return of club football coincided with the real Lionel Messi standing up as the little Argentine inspired Barcelona to a 2-0 win over Espanyol with a brace, maintaining a 10-point gap at the top of the table. Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid were almost embarrassed by bottom-placed Huesca, but an 89th-minute Karim Benzema goal saw them pinch it 3-2.
Liverpool opened up a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a last-gasp 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur….
The return of club football coincided with the real Lionel Messi standing up, inspiring Barcelona to a 2-0 win over Espanyol with a brace, maintaining a 10-point gap at the top of the table. Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid were almost embarrassed by bottom-placed Huesca, Karim Benzema’s 89th-minute goal saw them pinch it 3-2.
Liverpool opened up a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a last-gasp 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur. Manchester City, though, do have a game in hand…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his primary aim as permanent manager of Manchester United is to win trophies and ‘make people smile.’
Wolves comfortably beat a listless Manchester United 2-1 at Molineux to move on to the semifinals of the FA Cup.
WOLVERHAMPTON, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has earned all the praise he has received during his three months as Manchester United’s caretaker manager and he has put himself in pole position to land the job on a full-time basis, but as his team were knocked out of the FA Cup by Wolves at a rain-soaked Molineux, it was clear that the honeymoon is over.
Solskjaer is facing adversity for the first time and must find a way to come through it. With an international break meaning it will be two weeks…
Wolves comfortably beat a listless Manchester United 2-1 at Molineux to move on to the semifinals of the FA Cup.
WOLVERHAMPTON, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has earned all the praise he has received during his three months as Manchester United’s caretaker manager and he has put himself in pole position to land the job on a full-time basis, but as his team were knocked out of the FA Cup by Wolves at a rain-soaked Molineux, it was clear the honeymoon is over.
Solskjaer is facing adversity for the first time and must find a way to come through it. With an international break meaning it will be two weeks before…