De Gea produced a stunning save in the second half to keep Manchester United in the match, while Greenwood scored the crucial late winner against Wolves.
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Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has praised the contributions of David De Gea and Mason Greenwood after registering a narrow 1-0 win against Wolves at Molineux. De Gea produced a stunning save in the second half to keep Manchester United in the match, while Greenwood scored the crucial late winner in the Premier League clash. This victory makes it two wins from three games for United in the new season. After the match, Ole said, “We’re happy. Great result. Both could have won it. Of course, we were under pressure for a spell but we had most of the possession I reckon. It was not the prettiest game but it was a game for everyone to watch. There’s was excitement in both boxes. The crowd was there, with some passion. Finally we’ve got our game back.”
Speaking about De Gea’s world-class save in the second half, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said, “They had maybe a little bit more than us. We didn’t create too much today but then we’ve got a good goalkeeper as well. David has found his determination, desire and he’s come back with loads of energy. You can see that in him, in the work he’s doing every single day. The second save [from Saiss] from that corner is special. That’s not just hit him. It’s reaction and he’s had a strong arm to it.”
There was a bit of controversy surrounding United’s goal. In the build-up play, Paul Pogba and Ruben Neves went for the ball in a 50-50 challenge. In the end, United got the ball and ended up scoring the goal through Greenwood, but Neves stayed down on the ground. “This week I’m happy. That’s the nature of being a manager. Last week [at Southampton] we were told they wanted to keep the game flowing. Today they kept the game flowing and I think it was a fair challenge [by Pogba on Neves],” Ole was quoted as saying by the club’s website.
“I said we’ve got to be careful not to make the basketball game that we had last year – everyone could fall over and it was a free-kick – but to make sure we don’t get into rugby. We have to look after the players. I thought the refereeing has been good over three weeks. I watch Match of the Day, you watch some of the full games and they’ve been told to keep it more lenient and flowing. When it goes against you, you’ll moan just for a little bit and then you’ll move on. When it goes for you, you’re happy and you don’t want to talk about it too much.”
Mason Greenwood turned out to be the hero on Sunday for United. He has now scored in the opening three games for the Red Devils this season. However, the youngster will not be part of Gareth’s Southgate’s England squad for the upcoming international duty.
“[On Greenwood] The boy’s special. I’ve had a good conversation with Gareth and we discussed Mason of course and all the other players but Mason’s one we both can see is a top player for Man United and England. The boy of course wants to play for his country but I think at the moment the best for him is to focus on his everyday football and I’m sure he’ll come good for England in the end,” Ole added.
While addressing transfer rumours, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said, “I’m not going to discuss individual players and names, but there’s a discussion. There has been a couple enquires for some of our players and of course with the signing of Cristiano we might give less playing time to a few. Dan is a Man United player at the moment.”
