Man Utd vs Chelsea: Fred and Willian look for each other in tunnel
Paul Merson has pinned the blame for Manchester United's FA Cup defeat to Chelsea squarely on the shoulders of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after leaving key players out of his starting XI.
A dejected David de Gea and Victor Lindelof leave the pitch (Image: GETTY)
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"If that's Jose Mourinho, he is playing his strongest team. You win trophies. You are judged on trophies.
"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has to win something! If he wins the FA Cup it's massive for him. There are only a few trophies he can win in a season.
"This is on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He's not going to be manager at Manchester United for the next 15 years, is he? Sooner or later when he goes on a bad run he's going to be out of a job.
"That's football now. When you lose games, you're out. If he loses his job and he has an FA Cup, he has an unbelievable CV.
"If Mourinho was in Man Utd's position yesterday, knowing he has Arsenal in the final, he plays his strongest possible team.
"At the end of his career, Mourinho can say: 'I won this, this, this, this, this, this and this. Oh, and this and this.'
"There won't be an asterisk next to one FA Cup which says: Oh, that year we finished fifth instead of fourth.' It's all about trophies.
"I was flabbergasted at his team selection. I couldn't believe it."
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