Your matchday Q&A with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Ahead of the game, we sat down with caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to glean his thoughts on his third fixture in charge, following the promising wins against Cardiff and Huddersfield.

Scroll down to read the Treble winner's words on Bournemouth, the pleasure of promoting youngsters from the Academy, and more...

 

"It was a fantastic day. Coming out the other end with a win, three points, three goals and the fans happy, it was amazing. Walking into the stadium was very emotional. I must have been affected by it, because I was very calm. I was less agitated, I was less on the pitch than I normally am, because I like to be on the sideline and to coach the players. But I just sat down and enjoyed it, let Michael [Carrick] and Mike [Phelan] and Kieran [McKenna] do all the coaching. Walking into the gaffer's [Sir Alex Ferguson's] office... when you get a 'well done' from him, you're happy!"

What has pleased you most about the performances in the last two games?
"I think the attitude. In the first 15-20 minutes against Huddersfield, we had loads of the possession, loads of the ball, but we didn't create chances. But they were patient enough to wait for it and, of course, when you score at a set piece with Victor [Lindelof, whose header led to the goal]... I've always thought that centre-backs should come up at corner kicks, and he's been staying at the back. Just before this game we'd said [that], because we lacked a little bit of height, so Victor, he goes up, gets ahead of his man and Nemanja [Matic] scores. That settled everything, when you get the first goal, and I thought we played some excellent stuff towards the half-time. We struggled a bit for ten minutes [after the break] but then we settled again."

You brought Angel [Gomes] on towards the end [against Huddersfield], and James [Garner] has been part of the last couple of squads as well. Is that something you want to keep doing: involving, helping and promoting the young players?
"Of course, because that sends a signal to the boys that 'you are close', because they are. They've done really well in training. When you get the chance to put a player out there for 15 minutes at Old Trafford to give him that experience, Angel was, of course, the one I wanted to put on. And we probably would have still done it if we'd needed a goal, as well, because he's that sharp."

"Yes. I didn't think about it when I put Angel on, but when you look at it, we ended with them as the front four, and that's nice. Everybody connected with the club knows we are dependent on youngsters coming through, and to make them good enough they've got to have a chance. If you don't give them a chance, you can suspect 'he might do it, he might do it', but they've got to be able to show their talent."

Bournemouth have a striker you know well, of course, in Josh King. What's the key to stopping him?
"You've got to be concentrated. Josh is strong and quick, with loads of energy about him, so you've just got to be aware of him. Josh has really developed since I had him in the Reserves here. It's great to see him having such a great career. He's doing well for Norway, so back home he's one of the few that we can really enjoy watching in the Premier League! But I hope the Norwegians won't enjoy watching him in this game, because hopefully we can stop him."