Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hinted that Eric Bailly could return to Manchester United's defence at the Amex.

United are determined to bounce back from last Saturday’s shock 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace and Solskjaer admits they must improve at the back.

Victor Lindelof took a lot of criticism after that home reverse.

Solskjaer today spoke about Bailly's understanding with Harry Maguire.

He said: "I think last season proved to us how we can defend at our best.

"Last week wasn't fantastic. We conceded sloppy goals, but our defensive record shows that with Eric and Harry how good a partnership they were, but also the whole team defending as a team.

"Eric now is fit again and that's a big, big bonus. I'm looking forward to seeing him develop and playing more games this season because we've been waiting for him to first be fit and then to play more regularly."

Albion lost 3-0 at home to United late last season - when Lindelof and Maguire started - but created several scoring chances in the second half.

Solskjaer used his squad in the midweek Carabao Cup tie at Luton and believes his side will be sharper at the Amex than they were last Saturday.

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His team’s next two games are both away to the Seagulls – in league and cup.

The United boss said: "We're a week further down the line and we need to be because last week was a disappointing one.

"We have to take one game at a time, the Premier League is first and all our focus is on that because it was a bad start last week. We need to kick on and play a better game."