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Man Utd boss Solskjaer has pop at Liverpool coverage: Our team is younger

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was delighted with victory over Norwich City on Saturday.

Solskjaer was keen to provide some context having watched people purr over Liverpool's youthful starting XI in their FA Cup win over Everton last weekend.

His United side have a younger average age than the line-up selected by Jurgen Klopp six days ago with the likes of Brandon Williams, Marcus Rashford and Dan James all 22 or younger.

"Everyone raves about the FA Cup team that Liverpool beat Everton with. Our league team is a year younger on average," he said.

"We're here now, we're in all competitions, we're fifth, not too far behind fourth place.

"We need to keep things in perspective, know where we've come from. We've had to start a big, big rebuilding job."

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