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17-04-2019 | 12:45 Football
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's message to Alexis Sanchez after Manchester United defeat

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes Alexis Sanchez will help Manchester United in the race for the Premier League top four. United’s Champions League run ended in the quarter-final as Barcelona secured victory in the second leg at Nou Camp. Red Devils, trailing 1-0 from the first leg suffered a 3-0 defeat in the second leg. Solskjaer’s side are now sixth in the Premier League and need to do everything to qualify for the next year’s Champions League campaign. Sanchez, who joined Manchester United last January, has been struggling with injury but was made a return to the pitch against his former side. The Chilean made his comeback from six-week lay-off as an 80th-minute substitute for Jesse Lingard. Solskjaer has called Sanchez to play his part in the end-of-season run-in. "Alexis has been injured now since March 1," he said. "So he's been out for six weeks and it was important he got 15 minutes on the pitch for his mentality so he knows his knee is OK. He was close to getting a goal and had a couple of other instances that he showed his talent. Hopefully, he can give us a good push towards the end of the season to get in the top four."

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