Manchester United at home at the Parc des Princes.

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At the Parc des Princes,

The last time Solskjaer won in Paris, Gary Neville, one of the UK's most influential consultants, jokingly asked him what color he wanted his statue in before it was dropped outside Old Trafford.

This time, no one has promised a Rodin to anyone, but the way Manchester came to win at the Park says a lot about the Norwegian's success since he replaced Mourinho at the end of 2018. It sometimes pitches, and no later than the end of September after the rout at Tottenham, but above all it deposits, especially in front, with the speed of Martial, Rashford, and Greenwood, when he is there.

Since PSG returned to the CL in 2012 they've lost only four of 37 home games, to:



Barcelona in 2015


Real Madrid in 2018


Ole Gunnar Solskjaer x2

- Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor) October 20, 2020

He won the tactical battle against Tuchel

“Our performance was better than when we won here last time.

We deserved to win, it shows how we grew up.

“There was a little help from the VAR, again, but nothing to do with the joke of the hand hissed at Kimpembé.

Otherwise, the 3-5-2 with a kid from the academy (Tuanzebe) was a masterclass across the board in the first half, and Solskjaer had the good reflex to switch to 4-3-3 with Pogba when Paris seemed to have regained the ascendancy by the hour mark.

Then it was the permanent seat on Navas' goals, until the just reward signed Rashford on the gong.

Of the four teams that have won at the Park in C1 since the arrival of QSI, we now find twice the MU “d'Ole”.

The decisive entry of Pogba

"I don't think there is any secret," smiles the person concerned.

There were two good teams face to face, we defended well and made it difficult for them.

The players were very good, we saw what Telles could bring, Pogba made a very good entry as well.

It's a fantastic start for us.

"Why did the tricolor midfielder start on the bench?

Mystery.

He was uninjured and had been preserved at Newacastle last weekend, so we can assume a tactical choice (paying off) on Solskjaer's part.

Martial, he played almost the entire meeting, without taking as much light as Rashford, where then for bad reasons.

The former Monegasque, however a poor head player, almost spoiled the overall performance of Manchester on this beautiful csc at the start of the second half.

Ultimately without consequence.

The last word for Rio Ferdinand, the year of the many former members of the converted club by consulting: “Olé deserved his pay today.

Start with a youngster who hadn't played for 10 months, bring in Pogba at that point, change the system.

This victory will give incredible confidence to this group for the matches to come.

Quite the opposite of PSG, in short.

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