This archive report was first published on 23 August 2019.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has faced intense scrutiny after Paul Pogba's penalty miss against Wolves on Monday, which cost the Red Devils top spot in the Premier League.
Despite the furore, Solskjaer has refused to name a designated penalty taker, instead opting to continue with a policy of having both Pogba and Marcus Rashford classed as designated penalty takers.
"I'm sure you're going to see Paul Pogba score a penalty for Man United again," Solskjaer said. "Let's see when we get the next one."
He added, "We're practising penalties and Marcus and Paul are still on them. Marcus or Paul will score the next one, I'm sure they will."
However, Pogba's miss had a far more sinister impact as he was targeted with racist abuse online after the match.
United have called for social media companies to do more to protect their users and Twitter have agreed to meet representatives of the club.
Former United defender and England women's manager Phil Neville called for players to boycott social media to make a stance against abuse.
Solskjaer repeated calls for platforms to be policed more rigidly, but said he will not encourage his players to come off social media.
"Paul's fine, Paul's a strong character and it makes him stronger," Solskjaer said.
"When you speak to him he's fine and I just cannot believe we're still here in 2019 talking about these instances," he added.
"Social media is a place where people can hide behind fake identities, it's not down to me to change it but there are so many 'Ole Gunnar Solskjaers' on Twitter. I know it's not me and we've got to do something about it."
He also confirmed that talks are on-going in an effort to offload Alexis Sanchez to Inter Milan on loan before the European transfer window closes next month.
