Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Bruno Fernandes practised free-kicks for 45 minutes ahead of Liverpool win

Updated 24/01/2021 at 22:00 GMT

After watching his side come back from 1-0 down against Liverpool to pull off a 3-2 win in the FA Cup on Sunday evening, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was full of praise for match-winner Bruno Fernandes and the rest of his team, who showed the determination to send the club into the fifth round.

Bruno Fernandes celebrates | Manchester United v Liverpool

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Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised his side’s resilience as they edged rivals Liverpool 3-2 in the FA Cup fourth round - and reserved special adulation for match-winner Bruno Fernandes.

Fernandes came off the bench to win the game with an expertly placed free-kick after the sides had traded the lead.

Speaking to BBC Sport, Solskjaer said: "Brilliant - you know when you go a goal down, the reaction of everyone was really good.

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"We played some really good stuff, good goals, we have to defend well against them and we managed to react well and of course towards the end there were some moments but we kept them away."

The Norwegian praised Fernandes’ dedication on the training ground for the goal that proved the winner.

"Great goal, good free kick,” he said.

"When you leave him out like I did today, he stayed about 45 minutes after training yesterday shooting free kicks so I was pretty confident he could score one if he got the chance.

"He's never happy with me when I tell him to go inside after training when he's playing the next day so he got some practice yesterday.

"Marcus [Rashford] has played up front, down the right and left and we felt if we could switch the ball early today we could attack them because Liverpool defend on the front foot so we have to be quick on the ball, we did that well."