'Abuse me after!' – Solskjaer responds as interview is interrupted by fan

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had an enjoyable evening as his Manchester United side bounced back from their humiliating defeat to Liverpool to run out comprehensive 3-0 winners away to Spurs.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring with a stunning volleyed effort in the 39th minute before Edinson Cavani and Marcus Rashford netted to put the visitors out of sight in a dominant second-half performance in north London.

The Red Devils moved up to fifth in the Premier League table with the victory and the result and eased the pressure on an under-fire Solskjaer on the back of a miserable run of five losses in nine games in all competitions.

There had been intense speculation over Solskjaer’s future in recent days, with Antonio Conte heavily linked a potential replacement, but the Norwegian said he had been ignoring the ‘noise’ across a ‘difficult week’.

‘The most important thing for the fans and me and the players is that we connect together,’ he told BBC Sport.

‘It has been a difficult week for the players, the club, the fans, for me. I’ve stayed away from most of the noise. But you know what is happening out there and you know you have to put a performance up.

‘Every time you lose a game it is the worst feeling in the world as a coach or manager. We needed the whole week to work on this performance.’

An upbeat Solskjaer was even able to see the funny side as he was abused from the stands at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during his post-match interview with MUTV, shutting down the individual with style and grace.

‘Can I do this interview and then you can abuse me after, eh?!’ the United head coach fired back with a smile on his face.

‘Won his tackles, drove forward, kept the ball simple, switched play, headed away a few set-plays, so absolutely top.’

United switched to a back-three in the capital, with Raphael Varane returning from injury to start alongside Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof, and Solskjaer was delighted with the response from his players.

‘There’s many things behind the tactics we used today,’ he added.

‘But one of course is solidity. We managed to get Raphael smack bang in the middle of the back four because we needed a clean sheet. We needed to control the game with the ball and we did.

‘We got Edinson and Cristiano playing together as a front two, we got the width from the wing backs, so today we felt that worked and what’s going to work.

‘Of course, when you change to a back three and don’t get a result you’re going to be scrutinised.

‘But we felt it worked, the coaches have done a very, very good job to put that in place.’

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