Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gave Donny van de Beek a chance to shine tonight against Watford in the FA Cup.
The Dutchman did exactly that while operating in a deeper midfield position than the role he’d prefer.
Van de Beek is brilliant in tight spaces and Solskjaer credits him on that in his post-match press conference, as seen below.
Fans will be asking how long must we wait until Van de Beek is playing regularly, but I don’t think anyone can complain when we’re winning football matches.
The league table looks good right now and it will look even better if we beat Burnley on Tuesday night.
I would expect Bruno Fernandes and Fred to come back into the starting line-up versus Burnley.
Paul Pogba was another player left out tonight albeit due to injury.
Solskjaer on DvdB 🗣 "He showed again his qualities. Very technically clean, makes good decisions…" #MUNWAT #FACup pic.twitter.com/BmIE9e0PI0
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please give vandebeek chance to prove himself,he is a brilliant player
I’m still not convinced Ole wanted Van De Beek or fully trusts him. But when you have to choose between him and a player who wants to leave or a player with more physical attributes but less technical I know who I would pick and that is Donny. He could play beside Fred and be the link to Bruno and the forwards. He really is a talented player.