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Solskjaer made three changes from the starting line-up he selected at the weekend, when his side thrillingly recovered to overcome Southampton 3-2. Scott McTominay and Anthony Martial came back in, but the headline change was match-winning substitute Edinson Cavani being picked from the off against the side he served for seven years, scoring goals by the bucketload – 200 in total, overtaking Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s club record.
Even shorn of their record scorer, PSG are bursting at the seams with world-class talent and it took Neymar, arguably their biggest name, just six minutes to show what he could do.
The Brazilian played a neat one-two with Kylian Mbappe on the edge of the area and, when the latter’s shot took a deflection off McTominay, the world’s most expensive player was on hand – and onside – to smash past David De Gea and into the bottom corner.
The Ligue Un leaders, with Marco Verratti and Leandro Paredes back in midfield, bossed the early proceedings and could have doubled their lead moments later, only for De Gea to palm away Alessandro Florenzi’s stinging effort.
Paredes was at the centre of the action for the game’s first real flashpoint when, on 20 minutes, he fell to the ground after an altercation with Fred.
The visitors surrounded referee Daniele Orsato, who was asked by the Video Assistant Referee to check the screen for a potential red card – the verdict, thankfully from a United point of view, was yellow.
If that was a let-off, it was one Solskjaer’s side took full advantage of, when Rashford levelled on the half-hour mark, after a good spell of Reds pressure.
After Navas parried Martial’s drive, the ball was worked back out to our no.10, whose shot found the back of the net, via Danilo Pereira’s outstretched leg, for his third goal in as many games against PSG.
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