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Alex Richards

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's hotel check-in papers show blunder on eve of Manchester Derby

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer led his players to a new hotel ahead of their derby showdown with title-chasing rivals City on Tuesday night.

The Red Devils usually stay at The Lowry in Manchester's city centre on the eve of home games in the Premier League and recent Champions League matches vs Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.

Under previous manager Jose Mourinho, they also used the Hilton Garden Inn at Lancashire Cricket Ground on the eve of Champions League matches earlier in the campaign.

But ahead of their clash with Pep Guardiola's champions, United have instead opted for a different pre-match routine, with players reporting at The Hilton Hotel at Deansgate on Tuesday evening.

Solskjaer and United's stars arrived on Tuesday evening at a different pre-game base (ZENPIX LTD)

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Oddly enough, the hotel was previously used by City, while Solskjaer has previous with the venue too, having attended the Tackle4MCR charity dinner there back in February.

However, they may have forgotten some of his important information since then - notably his name.

Solskjaer's check-in information from the hotel sent to the club prior to his and the team's arrival had him down as 'Ola Gunnar', rather than 'Ole'.

Unfortunately, the spelling on Solskjaer's information was incorrect (ZENPIX LTD)

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United face City on the back of their weekend mauling by Everton , the Red Devils getting thrashed 4-0 at Goodison Park by the Toffees.

That made it six defeats in eight games for Solskjaer's men, and led to him walking across to the away fans and apologising for his side's performance.

Phil Jones, who went off injured at the weekend, is set to miss out against City; the ex-Blackburn man wasn't part of the United squad the convened on Tuesday.

Solskjaer speaks to the press at Carrington on Tuesday (Man Utd via Getty Images)

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Solskjaer, speaking at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday, insisted that the derby was the best game United could ask for.

"That's the best game we could ask for," Solskjaer said in reference to the derby.

"With players hurt, as they definitely were, we had a meeting after the game and you could see all the players were definitely, definitely disappointed but really, really hurt by that performance.

"And the City game is the perfect one, there's no hiding place on the pitch.

"I've said it so many times, and the fans will back you whatever result there will be as long as you give that effort, against a City side that is very good.

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