Ole Gunnar Solskjaer revealed that Bruno Fernandes began plotting Liverpool’s downfall after learning he was being left out of Manchester United’s team for Sunday's fourth-round clash.
The decision to start Fernandes on the bench allowed United’s talisman to put in extra free-kick practice in training on Saturday, and it paid off with a 78th-minute winner at Old Trafford.
‘Great goal, good free kick,’ said Solskjaer. ‘Wherever he starts he doesn’t stay out. He's never happy with me when I tell him to go inside after training.
‘But he knew he wasn’t starting so he stayed out practising for 45 minutes yesterday and it worked.