Man United take on Watford in the Premier League on Sunday and Solskjaer will be wanting to pick up a win so that his side can keep the pressure on Chelsea in the top-four race.
The last time these two sides met, Man United suffered a rather shock defeat at the hands of the Hornets and given their indifferent form this season, many fear that Watford could perform a league double over the Red Devils.
But according to Juan Mata, the home side need to ensure that they score early in order to get a hold of the game and pick up all three points.
“Yeah, that wasn’t a very good day for us… neither the performance nor the result,” Mata said before the match.
“They have been doing well under their new manager. I always thought they had a very strong team physically and they are difficult to beat.
“So it will be tough but hopefully we can get a good result and from there build until the end of the season.
“It’s always important to score early if you can because then the game goes more into your direction, you can play more relaxed let’s say, not thinking that you need to score one, two or three goals to win the game, which can happen if you concede first.
“So it’s always a plus. We have had some games in which we didn’t score first but we still won the game through a comeback which is always a nice feeling, but I would always rather score first.
“This game is at Old Trafford and we need to focus on starting it very strongly and try to create as much as we can and try to be commanding in our performance.”
Man United go into this match at the back of a 1-1 draw against Club Brugge but the manager did rest a few of his star players on Thursday and almost all of them are expected to return on Sunday vs the Hornets.
