Solskjaer in X-rated blast at Lingard before subbing Man Utd ace… and fans love it

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!"