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Solskjaer felt Telles should've done better in Man Utd defeat

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer felt Alex Telles could've done better in defeat to RB Leipzig.

The loss sees United dumped out of the Champions League.

"We did everything we normally do in preparation," Solskjaer explained. "With the video meetings, the training sessions, recovery with all the games we've got.

"We know that everyone wants to be up for a game like this, everyone's ready for a game like this. The season we are playing and the demands on the players, sometimes it takes them 10 or 15 minutes to get going.

"Today, they scored two good goals, maybe the referee should have done something for the second one when Alex gets pushed in the back, maybe we were not streetwise enough. Maybe he should have dropped and fallen on the floor, because he gets pushed in the back. The first one is something we prepared for and was not good enough. I look back and look at this season and look at the players and actually admire them for being as ready as they are at times.

"Today, it didn't work for us. It is a difficult season, there are difficult circumstances this year and we were up for it. And the character and effort I can't fault."

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