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MANCHESTER UNITED fans overwhelmingly backed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after the manager appeared to hammer Jesse Lingard during the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg.

With the Red Devils a goal to the good and yet still trailing Manchester City on aggregate, Solskjaer took aim from the touchline.

TV cameras picked up the Norwegian directing a fierce piece of advice to one of his players, believed by many to be Lingard.

Fans reckon Solskjaer yelled: "One more time and you’re f***ing off", at the England midfielder.

That is because the scene occurred 58 minutes into Wednesday's derby and on 65 minutes he substituted off Lingard, who broke a 366-day domestic scoring drought with a finish past Tranmere on the weekend.

Andreas Pereira replaced him in United's search for a vital aggregate equaliser, which eluded them as they exited the cup at the final-four.

But supporters admired Solskjaer for showing his passion on the touchline, the manager often accused of being somewhat timid.

Twitter user Dan called it: "Favourite clip of Ole I've seen. Love this."


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Cal added: "Could try just not playing him in the first place."

Liam commented: "Too little too late how many times mate should of been dragged half time!"

And Connor wrote: "I like to see that from Ole. Doesn't look like he has it in him usually!"

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