Ole Gunnar Solskjær's lack of a cohesive attacking structure has been brutally exposed
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gestures to the fans after the UEFA Europa League final in Gdansk
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SUBSCRIBEWhat if David de Gea had converted his penalty in the shootout against Villarreal?
How much difference would it have made had he scored on Wednesday, and Gerónimo Rulli had been the goalkeeper to miss from the spot? Was that it? That one kick, 4.5% of a penalty shootout — was that all that determined whether this season could be considered a success or not for Manchester United? How absurd that it should all come down to the capacity of one goalkeeper to beat another.
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