Solskjaer discusses his midfield plans

Although the manager admitted losing Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay to injury at the same time was “a big blow”, he feels their replacements have performed well when starting together in the Reds' last two matches.

“You could probably handle and deal with three players rotating there,” said Ole, in the second part of his press conference on Friday.

“But we have two players who are fit there now, Nemanja and Fred. It'll be a hard task for them, and we'll just have to ask them to keep going if they can.

“Nemanja has been out for a while, Paul has been out for a while and I think Scott and Fred have done really well, so now Nemanja is in when Scott is out.

“Paul unfortunately is not there, so…