Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to BBC Sport: "They played better than us, it is fair to say, I don’t think anyone will disagree. We got away with it, sometimes we have lost when we should have won, so over a season it evens itself out.

"Playing on Wednesday, and today and again on Tuesday played a major factor. It’s a juggling act but I and we got away with it today.

"You’re allowed to have a good keeper, he is a fantastic keeper, if they score they could have gone on to win. Then we had to gamble, bring on the kids and introduce more energy, at that stage they were better team.

"We got away with it, got three points, in a few years no-one will remember how we played if we finished in the top four.

"We rested a couple, thankfully, we got through it and we will be ready for Tuesday. With a performance like this we all know we will struggle in Barcelona, and we will have to improve."