Soccer-United's Solskjaer happy to delay Man City title party

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BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was delighted after a comeback 3-1 win at Aston Villa mathematically kept his side in the title race while it also secured a top-four finish in the Premier League.

Defeat would have handed leaders Manchester City the title despite their 2-1 home loss to Chelsea on Saturday but United erased a 1-0 first-half deficit as Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood and Edinson Cavani struck after the break.

"That would be the biggest upset in football history but at least we don’t travel back to a party on the blue side tonight," Solskjaer told the BBC.United could put some more pressure on City if they beat visiting Leicester City on Tuesday and Liverpool on Thursday before City travel to Newcastle United on Friday.

"We’ve got to check it," the Norwegian told Manchester United's official website http://www.manutd.com.

 

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