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Solskjaer admits Man Utd face system change due to injured pair

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits losing the pace of Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard will force a change of tactics after defeat to Champions League opponents PSG.

The talented duo were forced to sit out the second half of the first leg of the round-of-16 tie, with Alexis Sanchez and Juan Mata taking their place.

“You can't give that [the injuries] as a reason [why we lost] because we have players like Mata and Sanchez to come on and they're quality players," Solskjaer told BT Sport. “But, of course, Jesse and Anthony, they give us something. Let's hope they're not too serious.

"They're muscle injuries, so we'll just have to wait a couple of days.

“Jesse and Anthony are big parts of our squad and when they went out, in the second half we didn't have enough movement,"" Ole added at his press conference.

“We maybe need to find a different way of playing when Jesse and Anthony are unavailable."

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