Solskjaer encouraged by return of ManUtd 'edge'
06 June, 2020
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident his side will hit the bottom running when the Premier League resumes later his month.
The English top-flight will be back in action in two weeks after almost a year of coronavirus-enforced inactivity.
United are set to resume the growing season away to Tottenham Hotspur on June 19 -- their first match since beating LASK 5-0 in the Europa League on March 12.
That victory in Austria extended United's unbeaten set you back 11 matches and Solskjaer is in without doubt in regards to what his side should do to be ready as they continue their search for a location in next season's Champions League.
"The first game is fourteen days from today so we have to step up working out and get an advantage to your game again," Solskjaer told United's website on Friday.
"Everyone knows that people should be at our best, must be focused (against Tottenham).
"We know it's a huge game for everyone. We'd Chelsea when we started the league this year so I'm confident our players can go in to the Tottenham game with that mentality of going there to play an excellent game of football."
Following Spurs match, United face fellow European hopefuls Sheffield United at Old Trafford on June 24 before travelling to Brighton on June 30 -- after an FA Cup quarter-final at Norwich on June 27.
Former United striker Solsjkaer said, however, his squad had been finding your way through a congested fixture schedule.
"Training has been about recapping what we did well, tweaking maybe one or two things and looking at some new ideas, but hopefully we are able to see a lot of what we saw towards the finish before the lockdown.
"We have games coming weekend, midweek, weekend for a spell so you have to concentrate on ourselves and not just on that one, first game," added the Norweigian, with United three points adrift of the most notable four when COVID-19 saw the season suspended.
"Gradually now, as we've got into contact training, you can view a bit more of the edge but also the camaraderie and team bonding.
"That's vital for me personally in a team. That's one of the main things, that we certainly are a team and the team goes let me give you."
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