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The Tactical Minute: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer let down by mistakes, not team selection

It was a bad day at the office, but Solskjaer was right to rotate his team

Manchester United v Chelsea - FA Cup: Semi Final Photo by Andy Rain/Pool via Getty Images

Heading into the FA Cup semifinal against Chelsea on Sunday, every online Manchester United fan was debating whether Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should go after Chelsea, or “rotate the squad” and let the second team try their luck against Chelsea to preserve the starters for the final two Premier League games and Champions League qualification.

Solskjaer went with something in between, and no one was happy — mainly because a combination of bad refereeing, injuries, and individual errors made it fail. Does that make what Solskjaer did wrong?

Here’s the latest Tactical Minute.