On The Ball | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes ‘nights like this’ will keep Edinson Cavani at Manchester United
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There was the hat-trick in his final season in a 4-1 win, another goal in Olimpico. Cavani scored nine times against Roma in his final nine games against them.
On Thursday night in rainy Manchester, he hit two more and also set up Bruno Fernandes and Mason Greenwood as Manchester United finally convinced in a semi-final under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to beat Roma 6-2 in the Europa League. Roma led 2-1 at half time.
“Excellent,” said Ole Gunnar Solskjaer when asked about Cavani’s performance by the Post. “A centre forward should be running the channels, being a focal point, creating chances for others, scoring goals, missing chances. But if you get three or four chances in a game you are going to score one or two goals. I’m delighted with him, you can see the difference in him now he’s worked up his fitness. He had a long lay off and he’s making up for lost time.”
Asked to elaborate, Solskjaer said of Cavani:
