The club legend was speaking ahead of the Red Devils' match with Fulham tomorrow.

After the protests forced a clash against Liverpool to be rescheduled, United were forced into a grueling fixture list of four games across eight days.

To avoid a second postponement of the meeting with Jurgen Klopp's men, their players had to report to Old Trafford a disruptive seven hours before kick-off, which hampered preparations for the 4-2 defeat.

Two days before that, United were also toppled 2-1 by FA Cup winners Leicester City, and Solskjaer invited backlash by pointing the finger.

"I just didn’t want to use it as an excuse because we lost two games, but surely it’s the reason behind the performances," began Solskjaer on Monday. 

"Physically it’s impossible to turn up and play at the intensity and the level that’s required because of the amount of games.

"Then you look at the preparation in between: we haven’t had the recovery, the same routine as you normally do, we haven’t done the tactical prep in the same ways," he explained.

"I’m not saying it didn’t affect them but I was impressed with how professional they were and how they went about it."

"None of them complained and that’s one of the big things for me, we never complain we just look at what we can do and how could we maximize the situation. We tried to do that but we couldn't get the results."