12 GAME SCORING SPREE

In the three games prior to Solskjaer’s arrival and the nine after, an Academy graduate netted for United in every single one. That was 12 straight games, beating the 10 in a row set by Sir Alex Ferguson’s Reds over the end of the 2002/03 campaign and the start of the 2003/03 term. No other season in the last 27 years has been able to top half as many games as that recent run.



The equation is simple: homegrown talents in key attacking roles, but those players are now functioning with astonishing productivity under Solskjaer. The Norwegian laid down clear ambitions in his early press conference after arriving back in Manchester, saying: “I want the players to be the kids that love to play football. We need young players coming through.”



The result is what we are currently seeing.

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