Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has stated that his players are looking forward to “a nice little draw” after they were pitted against fierce local rivals Manchester City in the League Cup semi-finals following their 3-0 win over Colchester United in the quarter finals.
Goals from Englishman Marcus Rashford and French forward Anthony Martial either side of a Ryan Jackson own goal ensured that the Red Devils made light work of their League Two opponents at Old Trafford, but Solskjaer felt that his players let their standards slip during the course of the game.
Colchester knocked out Premier League duo of Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur beating both sides on penalties in earlier rounds of the competitions and Solskjaer was more impressed by his team’s performance in a goalless first half against the fourth-tier team than he was after the interval.
But the 46-year-old Norwegian manager explained that facing Manchester City in the semifinals of the competition is an interesting prospect after the draw was announced yesterday. The Red Devils will face their local neighbors on 6th and 27th January and have already produced a shock 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium earlier this month, Solskajer feels confident heading into the two-legged ties of the semifinal.
Speaking to reporters, he admitted, “You always want to win trophies and you want to win games and we got a nice little draw, It’ll be exciting times coming up. I don’t feel anything is written in the stars; you just work hard, take what you get and do the best out of it. We’ve shown before that we can do well against City and teams like that”
