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Unlikely hero De Jong highlights Solskjaer’s trust issues – The World Game
ANALYSIS: In a lot of ways, there was not much more Manchester United could have done to reach the UEFA Europa League final on Monday (AEST), but they nonetheless succumbed to a 2-1 defeat to the competition’s almost perennial winners, Sevilla.
United played a lot of good football and were the greater threat in attack but while they were routinely thwarted in the Sevilla penalty area, they were their own worst enemy at the other end and in the dugout.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men follow their Manchester rivals City out of Europe 24 hours later and they will have a similar feeling of regret despite a great start in Cologne.
In fact, Solskjaer’s selections made perfect sense.
The choice of Fred in midfield instead of Nemanja Matic, whil…
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