Solskjaer’s performance in managing Manchester United has remained a loud triumph recently. It also highlighted why the Manchester United Club has been steadfast with victories in several matches. After making it to the Europa League final, several facts have been facts achieved, can’t be ignored.
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- Among European Cup/Europa League semi-finals, Manchester United has the biggest tally to date with 13 goals over two legs
- This is Ole’s first Final. In all previous cup semi-finals, Manchester United have been eliminated by their opponents twice, once in the FA Cup and once in the Europa League under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
- It has only happened twice in Uefa Cup/Europa League history that a team has scored more than eight goals across both legs of a semi-final tie, the other time being Alaves against Kaiserslautern in 2000-01. Manchester United is the second side in Uefa Cup/Europa League history to have achieved this.
- Liverpool is the only English team that has progressed into more major European finals (14) than Manchester United (eight).
- Since Klaus Allofs scored two goals in a four-legged semi-final against KSV Waregem in the 1985-86 European Cup, Edinson Cavani is the first player to score two or more goals in both legs of a two-legged semi-final in a major European competition.
