Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Harry Maguire pre-RB Leipzig press conference

Ole, when you were a player, a great part of that team was knowing that nothing was ever over, no game was never lost. Do you see that now with this team because there have been so many comeback wins, so many late wins? Do you see the same traits?
OGS: “You can definitely see those traits coming back and the belief coming. It’s all got to do with that belief. I don’t know how many times we’ve come back and how many goals we’ve scored in the last 10/15 minutes, but it’s a lot. That’s a big difference from last season. We spoke about it at the start of the season that we needed to get those extra points that can give us. This season, that has proved very important so far.”

How much have you seen this team progress, Harry, from your time here? Those of us who watch regularly, who are on here, have seen this steady progression – do you see that?
HM: “Yeah, as players, we feel that. From when I first joined the club, I felt the progression, like you say, has been steady. But we’re working up the ladder. I feel that we’re getting that consistency in games more. I think that belief in games, where I feel we can go and win games is a lot better than it was when I first joined. I have a belief, as a defender, that we’re always going to score goals and create chances because we have so much talent in the team and so many goalscorers in the team. You speak about the belief in turning games around when we’re going one goal down. It shows great belief and character. I think it’s really important as a defender that we don’t make mistakes to concede the goals and get done on the counter-attack. I think it’s important that we give our forwards the best possibility and the opportunity to turn the game around and they’ve done it really well in recent games.”

Do you think that comeback ability can actually get into the heads of opponents as well, knowing this lot will never give up? Also, there have been a few incidents when group stages have gone down to the final game before. You’ve faced tough games away at Benfica, Basel and Wolfsburg and went out every time. Does your away record give you that extra confidence that you can avoid that again this time around?
OGS: “Yeah, it gives us confidence. I remember I played in one where we had to go away to Rapid Vienna and we won 2-0 in that game, so there are always, through history, times where it goes down to the last game and we didn’t expect when you saw this group, to be through before the last game. Of course, we could have done it ourselves before. We’re pleased to get here now and have this chance. What anyone else thinks about us, what the opponents think about us, I’m not sure. But of course, with the fitness we’re getting, with the spirit we’re getting and with the pace we’ve got, it’s great for us that we don’t give up. The character is getting into the team. I think Man United has a tradition and history – probably opponents would know about that as well, but that’s for someone else to answer. We’re just working hard to get into people’s heads that can happen, so they can’t switch off.”