Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Manchester United will finish in top four if they find consistency
Friday 27 December 2019 10:03, UK
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes there is no doubt Manchester United will qualify for next season's Champions League if his side can find consistency.
The Norwegian saw his team come from behind on Boxing Day to beat Newcastle United 4-1 at Old Trafford and move within four points of fourth-placed Chelsea.
United have avoided defeats to five of the six teams above them, beating four of those - Leicester, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham - but have failed to beat Bournemouth, West Ham, Aston Villa and Watford who are all in the bottom five.
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But Solskjaer remains confident that not only does his side know what they have to do in order to improve, but if they do it then a top-four finish will be confirmed well before their final-day clash at Leicester.
"If we become consistent then it won't go down to the wire because we should be in the top four already," Solskjaer said.
"I've said next season that we will be challenging more because we are young side but I still expect a lot from this team this year.
"It's been told clearly what sort of team we are, and they (the players) know what to expect to be at our best.
"We have to make it hard to play against us - we can't play tippy-tappy football - at this moment in time we can't play like Manchester City, only City can play like that.
"We have to play with more urgency, drive, energy and selfless in every single game."
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