Manchester United’s eventful win over Tottenham saw the team play one of the best 45 minutes of the season.
It was much needed, after a frustrating first half where a farcical refereeing decision ruled out a perfectly good goal from Edinson Cavani.
Goals from Fred, Edinson Cavani, and Mason Greenwood gave United a 3-1 victory.
Solskjaer is usually pretty relaxed in the dugout. After Cavani’s first half goal was ruled out, he appeared riled up, hugely frustrated with the referees decision
The United boss looked glum and purposeful in reacting to the ‘goal’, with opposite number Jose Mourinho acting shocked by Solskjaer’s stance.
Assistant boss Mike Phelan posted a light-hearted message after the win, in reference to the eventful afternoon, as he looked to the sky in search of answers.
Solskjaer criticised Tottenham’s Son Heung-Min for his exaggeration of the incident which led to the goal being disallowed.
He told Sky Sports: “I have to say, if my son stays down like this for three minutes and gets 10 of his mates around him… if he gets that in the face from one of his other mates and he needs 10 of his mates to help him up, he won’t get any food.”
This seemed to totally trigger Mourinho, who responded, “I just want to say, Sonny is very lucky that his father is a better person than Ole, because I think a father – I am a father – you have to always feed your kids, it doesn’t matter what they do.”
Pictures from the final whistle summed up the change in mood. Solskjaer looked content, while Mourinho was miserable, as you would expect with his team in seventh, 14 points behind United.
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