Winners And Sinners: Oh, dear Ten Hag is becoming the next Ole, time for a change soon if Man United want to save their season.

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So what went wrong for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United? The Norwegian told The Athletic he did not feel like the players "threw him under the bus", but admitted certain players made life difficult.

He added: "Some weren’t as good as their own perception of themselves. I won’t name names, but I was very disappointed when a couple turned down the chance to be captain.

"I was also disappointed when others said they wouldn’t play or train because they wanted to force their way out.

"Some players wanted to go. Tiredness [set in], since we demanded a lot, and that caused injuries. The air came out of the balloon at the end of that first season but in my two full seasons, we finished third and second in the Premier League."

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Jadon Sancho is a "top, top player" says Newcastle striker Callum Wilson who is sad that it is not working out for him at Manchester United.

Sancho is currently training away from the first team squad until issues with boss Erik ten Hag are resolved, with his career stalling after a promising spell at Borussia Dortmund.

"I know Jadon personally from playing with England and he is a top, top player," Wilson told The Footballer's Football Podcast. "He has come to the Premier League and found it difficult. Does [he] need an arm around [his] shoulder?

"Sometimes people go the opposite way and think that screaming and shouting at someone gets the best out of them. That might be the case for someone like myself but someone else might need an arm to fill them with confidence to get the best out of them.

"Great man management gives players confidence to perform and flourish without fearing they will be dropped next week or kicked out of the club."

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Jadon Sancho is currently training away from the first team and Manchester United after he was critical of the club management on social media.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he is sorry things had "not worked out" for the 23-year-old England winger following his £73m move from Borussia Dortmund in July 2021.

"I wanted to sign him. Manchester United will never sign a player the manager doesn’t want. That’s not the case everywhere," Solskjaer told The Athletic.

"Jadon was put up as the number-one target for the right wing by the scouts and when you look at his talent, I could see why.

"Unfortunately, it has not worked out. When he arrived, he had to go to hospital and that was a setback as he couldn’t start the first games.

"He’s immensely talented and we haven’t seen the best of him. I hope we do, but he prefers to play left wing… where Marcus [Rashford] plays."

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Manchester United's trip to Munich gives them a chance to pay their respects to the eight players who were tragically amongst the 23 passengers killed when the club's flight crashed after a refuelling stop in the city on their way back from a European Cup game in Belgrade in 1958.

United's delegation will pay two visits to "Manchesterplatz", where a memorial to the victims is situated.

One will involve academy players, who will be involved in a UEFA Youth League match. The other will include first team representatives, directors, former players and fans.

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has highlighted the inherent difficulty in following Sir Alex Ferguson - Manchester United's most successful ever manager.

He said times had changed since Ferguson retired in 2013, with increased competition meaning United were no longer able to cherry pick the best players from the Premier League and Europe.

He named Erling Haaland, Declan Rice, Moises Caicedo, Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane as players he considered signing.

"We felt we needed players ready for there and then. Brighton are very good at letting players come from abroad and find their feet for a year and a half. At United, you don’t have that luxury and that has cost the club loads of players," said Solskjaer.

"We wanted Jude Bellingham badly — he’s a Man United player, but I respect he chose Dortmund. That was probably sensible.

"I would have signed Kane every day of the week and my understanding was that he wanted to come. But the club didn’t have the budget with the financial constraints from Covid-19, there was no bottomless pit."

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Manchester United can only play in essentially one way and that's counter-attack. I don't think they have the players and dynamism in the middle of the park to really get after teams and that causes them a problem.

I actually give them a chance in Munich because I think Bayern will suit them - come on to them and then United can counter-attack. I think their football and brand of play is Ten Hag's biggest problem.

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer spoke to The Athletic, external about the emotional moment he said goodbye to his Manchester United "family" after a 4-1 defeat at Watford in November 2021 led to his sacking.

"Nobody told me, but I knew at half-time against Watford. We didn’t look like a Man United team; the players weren’t running for each other," he said.

"At half-time, I told the players it was probably going to be the last time we worked together and to play with pride. We almost turned it around, until Harry Maguire got sent off."

The following day Solskjaer said he got a text message from Ed Woodward - United's then executive vice chairman - asking him to attend a meeting at his office in the club's Carrington training base.

"That was pretty hard when you’ve been at the club for 18 years with all those good and bad times.

"I’d had lots of backing and good times with Ed. He’d given me the chance and for that, I’ll always be grateful.

"I dropped my family at the airport before the text arrived. After the text, I told my wife that I might be back in Norway before her.

"It was an emotional day. Very emotional. I didn’t think it would be, but it was like leaving your family. I wanted to speak to all the players and say goodbye. I spoke to the coaches and the staff. Then I went back to an empty house."

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Sticking with Manchester United, current boss Erik ten Hag says he has "never started his best XI" as his injury-hit side prepare to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Ten Hag is without 12 first-team players as United take on the Bundesliga champions in Germany at 20:00 BST.

This includes Raphael Varane, Mason Mount and Harry Maguire, who have not travelled to Munich.

"There was always something, but you have to deal with it," said Ten Hag.

"I think I never started the best starting XI. That is football. You have to deal with it. I love these situations. You have to know what to do and focus on the process."

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Speaking about Cristiano Ronaldo, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer discussed his decision to bring the Portugal star back to Old Trafford during his time as manager.

Solskjaer said it was a chance signing that "turned out wrong".

"It was a decision that was very difficult to turn down and I felt we had to take it, but it turned out wrong," said the Norwegian, who was speaking to The Athletic, external in his first interview since being sacked as Manchester United boss in 2021.

"When you have a group you need everyone to pull in the same direction. When things didn’t go right, you could see certain players and egos came out."

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Former Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has done an interview with The Athletic – lots in there regarding his time at Old Trafford as manager and also his current situation.

First up...his views on Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Cristiano Ronaldo made a winning debut in the Asian Champions League as he captained Al-Nassr to a 2-0 win over Persepolis in Iran on Tuesday evening.

Ronaldo played a key role in Al-Nassr's 62nd-minute opener, instigating the move that resulted in Persepolis' Danial Esmaeilifar scoring an own goal.

Ten minutes later, Al-Nassr left-back Mohammed Qassem shot high past keeper Alireza Beiranvand to secure the win.

The game marked the first time a Saudi club has played in Iran since 2016.

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Ivan Provedel becomes the fourth different goalkeeper to score a Champions League goal, after Jorg Butt (three between 2000 and 2009 - all penalties), Sinan Bolat (December 2009) and Vincent Enyeama (September 2010).

He is also only the second goalkeeper ever to score from open play after Bolat, who also scored a 95th-minute equaliser, with his coming for Standard Liege against AZ Alkmaar.

Lazio were heading for defeat until they scored a 95th-minute equaliser - thanks to their GOALKEEPER.

With just seconds remaining, Ivan Provedel went up for a late corner and glanced a fine header into the net from Luis Alberto's cross.

It prompted wild celebrations from the Lazio players, who raced to hug their unlikely goalscoring hero.

Pablo Barrios' deflected strike had given Atletico a first-half lead.

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Celtic are showing interest in 21-year-old Serbia winger Nemanja Jovic, who left Partizan Belgrade this summer to explore options outside of his home country. (Estadio Deportivo via Scottish Sun)

Feyenoord's ploy of turning on the sprinkler system before the game against Celtic despite rain on Tuesday in order to provide a fast surface paid off with the free-kick that deceived Joe Hart. (De Telegraaf via Daily Record)

Former Celtic youngster Ben Doak has been hailed as "the Scottish Vinicius" after the Scotland Under-21 winger signed a new long-term Liverpool contract. (Scottish Sun)

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Former Celtic midfielder Aiden McGeady: "I don't think Celtic can be too disheartened with the performance. Within the space of five minutes it is damage limitation after the two sendings off. The manager approached the second half the way I hoped he would but it is ultimately individual errors that have cost Celtic the game."

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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers: "What we showed is that we're going to be competitive.

"We started off really well. We looked a threat and progressed the ball well. With better decisions we might have had an opportunity to get in front.

"Unfortunately for us we get two players sent off. It's a difficult level at 11 v 11. The players kept going, it was harsh on them."

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The timing of the opener was such a hammer-blow for Celtic. To that point they had more than matched their opponents, who struggled to engineer consistent pressure.

Celtic had a good balance of being fairly solid, with good shape, composed on the ball in the main and carried some threat. They had chances and one or two better decisions may have paid dividends.

The opening goal was absolutely crucial. Feyenoord returned with more purpose and tempo after half-time. It counted and Celtic's night utterly fell apart.

With nine men on the pitch it was mission impossible. So it proved.

They will take some heart from that opening half but major lessons will need to be learned ahead of the visit of Lazio.

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Celtic's quest for a rare Champions League away victory goes on after having two men sent off in a second-half implosion to hand top seeds Feyenoord an opening group win.

Brendan Rodgers' side started brightly in search of a first away win in the competition since beating Anderlecht in 2017.

But it ended with another painful European defeat that leaves them bottom of their group after Lazio and Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 in Rome.

A long-range Calvin Stengs free-kick skimmed beyond Joe Hart to put the home side in front in first-half stoppage time.

Celtic's Gustaf Lagerbielke conceded a penalty for a tug in the box on Igor Paixao and was shown a second yellow card just after the hour mark, before Hart made a great save from Paixao's spot-kick.

The task become too great, though, when substitute Odin Thiago Holm crashed wildly into a tackle and earned a straight red.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh then made sure of Feyenoord's win after being gifted time and space to finish emphatically.

Read Martin Dowden's full match report here.

Someonesopinion: Maybe I'm being too harsh, but I thought Milan were there for the taking. We were set-up to get away point. Fair enough. We need to be more precise and clinical in these matches. It is going to be tough against PSG & Dortmund to get any points.