Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is happy to see the team taking risks.

The Norwegian came in for a lot of criticism early in the season with the team's lack of firepower.

But they have started to score more goals, especially among the front three of Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood.

And Solskjaer believes risk taking in their play is a key reason for this improvement.

"In the first two or three moments after you win the ball, can you go forward? Can you go straight at them? If you lose the ball, don't worry about it! You are so close to them, you can win it back," Solskjaer told Sky Sports.

"It has been so great to see the attitude of: 'OK, I will try, and if I don't succeed I will just go and win the ball back!'

"It's fantastic for me to see them express themselves, because that's a Manchester United team. We need to take chances, take risks, be brave, and most of the time you will reap the rewards if you are brave. We need to keep that mentality and bravery going forward."

He continued: "We went through some difficult spells, especially around that time in October, and the club have been very good with us, they've kept in touch with us and have seen and known what we're doing, and they've believed in what we're doing.

"We were allowed to keep making the decisions without thinking about what could have been. They knew our ambition, what we want here, the environment we want here, which will then be the foundation for moving up the table."