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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted Manchester United were just not good enough after Sunday's draw at Huddersfield ended their hopes of a top-four finish.

Isaac Mbenza cancelled out Scott McTominay's first-half opener for United, who twice hit the crossbar through Paul Pogba.

The point left Solskjaer's side four points behind fourth-placed Tottenham with one game left, with a sixth-place finish behind Arsenal appearing likely.

'Effort and attitude was not the problem,' Solskjaer said. 'The players were running and trying. We just weren't good enough. That is the problem.

'We could have, should have, played better. In the first half an hour they weren't close to our box once. Today we had good periods, very bad periods. It has just caught up with us. It is a fair reflection, being sixth.'

United's winless run was extended to five matches in all competitions and Solskjaer was left to rue several missed opportunities for them to rescue their season.

'We gave ourselves a chance to be in the Champions League, something we didn't think was possible,' he said.

'We had so many opportunities to grab third or fourth. We weren't able to. So it's probably the right place for us, the Europa League, next year.

'And if (Manchester) City don't win the FA Cup we'll have a very

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