Solskjaer admits concerns over Pogba's lengthy run-up to take penalties

Manchester United boss Ole Gunar Solskjaer admits that he has concerns about Paul Pogba's lengthy run-up to take penalties.

The Frenchman scored from the spot in his side's 2-1 win over Brighton on Saturday, again deploying the stutter-step approach that takes an age for him to approach the ball.

And despite Solskjaer's worries, the interim manager accepts that when Pogba eventually reaches the ball, his strike is sound.

'He has scored quite a few goals hasn't he, so if he's comfortable with it, as long as the ball goes in the net.

'I wouldn't have done it that way, but the way he strikes the ball is good enough,' he said.

Pogba has previously mocked his own technique in self-deprecating videos on social media and accepts his method is unorthodox.

But the World Cup winner is thriving under Solskjaer and is continuing with his trademark run-up when United are awarded a penalty.

When previously asked about it, Pogba said: 'I always try to destabilise the 'keeper, I always shoot like this and that's how I know how to take penalties.

'I might change [the style], because maybe the keepers are starting to know my step. The most important [thing] is that the ball goes in.'

United's victory against Brighton was their sixth in a row in the Premier League and they are now just three points behind Chelsea in fourth.