Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hinted that Eric Bailly could replace Victor Lindelof in Manchester United’s defence at Brighton on Saturday as they look to bounce back from last weekend’s 3-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace.

Lindelof was singled out as being at fault for two of the Palace goals, but as Solskjaer played down suggestions United needed to strengthen in that department, he pointed to Bailly as the potential answer.

“I think last season proved to us how we can defend at our best,” he said.

Instead, the Norwegian was keen to focus on Saturday’s match, with United needing three points to get last week’s disappointment out of the system.

The game at the AMEX Stadium will be the first of a double-header against Brighton, with United due back on the south coast in midweek in the Carabao Cup.

“We’re a week further down the line and we need to be because last week was a disappointing one,” he said.

“We have to take one game at a time, the Premier League is first and all our focus is on that because it was a bad start last week. We need to kick on and play a better game.”