Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes cup glory can provide the catalyst to further success as the Manchester United manager prepares for the FA Cup quarter-final at Leicester buoyed by beating AC Milan.
Having fallen in four short in semi-finals over the last 14 months, the Red Devils head to the King Power Stadium on Sunday looking to reach the final four once more fresh from an impressive Europa League last-16 triumph.
Paul Pogba came off the bench and settled a 1-0 second leg triumph at San Siro, securing a 2-1 aggregate victory against Milan and a quarter-final clash against Granada.
Solskjaer spoke ahead of the trip about his belief that cup success can sometimes paper over the cracks and be an “ego thing”, but the 1999 treble hero also knows all about the importance of silverware at United.
“We’re used to speculation and every goal you concede at Man United is going to be scrutinised. That’s just the way it is.
“I know that these boys have become so much stronger mentally to deal with these things.
“We work on things. When you have a setback like we had against Milan in the last minute, we had a big… not row, but we had a little bit of a meeting.
“You saw against West Ham and you saw tonight there was no chance we were going to let any goals in.”
