Manchester United, he knew that enlarged substitutes bench might need to come to his rescue.With confidence booming after a 13-game unbeaten run, Solskjaer backed his fringe players to follow in the footsteps of the first XI after their fine performance against Sheffield United in midweek.
But his loyalty was to be misplaced.When the United side to face Norwich City in the FA Cup quarter-final was confirmed most of us compared the eleven names submitted at Carrow Road with the one that took apart the Blades in the week and counted eight changes, but Solskjaer was looking back nearly four months and counted just one.His decision to name this side might have been mostly out of a desire for rotation, to keep his A-listers fresh for the Premier.
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