“It might be a bad day, you meet someone … so we just take one game at a time, hopefully take as many points as we can in the league.”

Another Champions League miss for United could prove costly with the club reporting lower second-quarter revenue and core profit due to their absence from the competition this season.

“We’re a big club, we’ve got good finances but the longer you’re out of it, the more you’ll suffer,” Solskjaer added.

“So of course it’s an ambition for us to get back into the Champions League for footballing reasons, but also financially that will help the club.”