Manchester United’s crisis is not of Solskjær’s making but can he fix it? | Paul Wilson


Manager’s limitations are being exposed on a weekly basis but the problems at United run deeper than the dugout

Should Ole Gunnar Solskjær need cheering up at any point in the next few days he can at least reflect that Manchester United are still the club everyone is talking about. In terms of the title race Manchester City’s defeat by Wolves was the shock of the weekend, the result absolutely no one was expecting, yet it was United’s altogether more predictable failure at Newcastle that has dominated the news agendas.

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