Ed Woodward reiterated that Man United had made progress this season.
Manchester United were eliminated from the Champions League at the group stage but still managed to secure a place in the last 16 of the Europa League.
They are still in the FA Cup and are 14 points behind league leaders Man City.
Solskjaer led United to a third-place finish last campaign and a runners-up finish this term would only signify progress but they have the threats of enduring a fourth successive trophyless season.
“You’d like to win every game of football but if you compare to last season, the position we’re in, we are quite a bit higher up in the league at the same stage, still in Europe and the FA Cup,” Solskjaer said.
“It’s the league position, you think that’s where we’ve shown progress. Hopefully, we can prove in the Europa League and FA Cup that we’ve taken another further step for this team.
“The ambitions are there, we have more experience to be in this position compared to last season, we are gelling more as a team, we are fitter.
“So at the moment we’re just looking at the short-term, Sunday, and that is to get back to creating chances, taking them and scoring goals again.”
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