Guardiola: Solskjaer plans taking shape at United
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Pep Guardiola says Manchester United is starting to play the way Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants the team to as he prepares for a blockbuster League Cup semi-final between the two sides.
City heads to Old Trafford for the first leg of the last-four clash today, having won the competition for the past two seasons.
Guardiola鈥檚 side is third in the English Premier League, 13 points ahead of fifth-placed United, but lost 1-2 to its rival last month as Solskjaer鈥檚 men produced an exhilarating display of counter-attacking football at the Etihad Stadium.
Asked what he had learned from that defeat, the Spaniard added: 鈥淗ow fast they are. How they run on the counter-attack. How solid, how aggressive.鈥
鈥淲e conceded a few counter-attacks and in just two or three seconds they were in the box.鈥
Guardiola will look to ensure his team is not vulnerable to counter-attacks as it was when United duo Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial carved out an early lead last month.
Speaking about Solskjaer, he said: 鈥淚 think he is starting to see his team like he wants. The last (league) game against Arsenal they lost, but you see clearly what he wants.
鈥淚t was not easy to handle a team at a big, big club, always demanding to be champions in all competitions, but I think every manager needs time. I have the feeling United have started to play the way he wants.鈥
With the EPL title apparently heading to Anfield, Guardiola is forced to focus on the cup competitions after winning a domestic treble last year.
鈥淎 third semifinal in a row. It is not the best competition in the world but it is nice to be here again and against our city opponents,鈥 said the City boss.
Guardiola will have Argentina defender Nicolas Otamendi available again after an injury but has not yet settled on a starting XI.
鈥淚 have an idea,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e have played an incredible amount of games and some players need to rest. I have an idea, but I am not 100 percent sure who will play tomorrow.鈥
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