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Solskjaer lauds Man Utd midfielder Pogba for 'absolutely brilliant' Liverpool performance

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was delighted with the performance of Paul Pogba during Sunday's goalless draw with Liverpool.

Pogba was excellent on the right-side of midfield and was denied a winning goal late on the in the match thanks to a superb save from Alisson.

"I think Paul was absolutely brilliant today," Solskjaer said. "We knew that he had to do a job defensively, block and help us with [Andrew] Robertson and he should have got the got the goal his performance deserved.

"I hope it [his inclusion on the right of midfield] was justified by his performance, because I thought Paul was excellent. I felt that he could cause them some problems."

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