United ‘set to make charge’

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER believes Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final win over Arsenal will provide the impetus for another end-of-season Manchester United charge.

Twelve points adrift of the Gunners with just eight games remaining, even Solskjaer admits United have no chance of retaining the Barclaycard Premiership title.

However, the Norwegian striker, who battled heroically up front on his own at Villa Park in the absence of 26-goal Ruud van Nistelrooy, thinks the Red Devils can embark on a sustained winning run that will silence the critics who have been so willing to announce the end of an era at Old Trafford.