Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists he was right to let Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez leave Manchester United, after Mason Greenwood spared his side’s blushes in the Europa League on Thursday night.
Greenwood underlined his huge potential with the only goal at Old Trafford as United secured a 1-0 win against Astana in Thursday’s Group L opener.
The 17-year-old showed why Solskjaer called him one of the best finishers he had seen, alongside fellow academy graduates Tahith Chong, Angel Gomes and Axel Tuanzebe, who all featured in the win.
Greenwood became the first player born this millennium to score for the club, justifying the faith shown by Solskjaer, who believes the departures of Lukaku and Sanchez were necessary.
“To get him inside the box, you know something’s going to happen,” the United boss said.
“He can go inside, he can go outside. A great finish through the legs of the ‘keeper. Most of the time that’s quite open.
“For sure it is natural for him to play football, natural for him to score goals, to be in and around the box.
“As I said yesterday he knows how to hit a ball. Maybe he hit too hard in the first half, where he should have curled it a little bit more in the top corner.
“But he showed glimpses today of what he can become.”
Put to Solskjaer that you have to be brave to play a 17-year-old having not replaced high-profile players like Sanchez and Lukaku, the United boss said:
“For me, it was the right decision.
“Because I think for the club and for him, I think he’s going to be important for us this season.
“He’s not played a lot so far but he’ll get his minutes and he’ll grow and develop.”
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