Solskjaer spoke to captain Harry Maguire, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, Luke Shaw, Victor Lindelof and Nemanja Matic in a 10 am meeting at Carrington, according to Sports Mail.

The 48-year-old wanted to discuss how United can turn the season around, and the tactical plan after switching to a back three in the last three games.

Solskjaer is desperate to get his team back on track at Watford on Saturday after a run of six defeats in 12 games including humiliations at the hands of Liverpool and Manchester City.

The Old Trafford hierarchy has resisted calls to sack Solskjaer, but might be forced to make serious decisions if he doesn’t turn things around going into a key period that will decide United’s European fate and includes league fixtures against Chelsea and Arsenal.

Another defeat at Vicarage Road on Saturday or in Tuesday’s Champions League group tie at Villarreal would pile more pressure on the under-fire boss.

Shaw also picked up the United players’ player of the year award. Shaw was named player of the month on three occasions – in August, September and March.

Receiving his award he said “It’s obviously nice for me, but I’d rather win no trophies and have a better season as a team. It’s nice but we need to move on and focus on next season and what’s to come. I think for me personally it’s probably been my best season since I’ve been here. I would have rather it had been a better season for the team but it wasn’t meant to be. Thank you to the fans for voting for this. And from me and the team we want to, not apologise, but we know it’s been a bad season. I look at the players in this team – we have amazing players, I know we will come back stronger. I’m very positive about next year, we all are as a team.”

This makes it the 33rd shot Luis Suarez has had without finding the net – that’s more than other players in the Champions League this season.

Manchester United must come up with another very unlikely Champions League comeback to keep their title chase alive after Barcelona left Old Trafford with a deserved advantage following the quarter-final first leg.

Barcelona, with Lionel Messi quiet by his standards, were far from their very best form but stole the victory after Luis Suarez’s far post header from Lionel Messi’s pass deflected into the net off Luke Shaw in the 12th minute. And after being initially given an offside, the video assistant confirmed the goal as celebrations erupted from the Barcelona fans.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the new Manchester United manager can take heart from his team’s great try but opportunities were at a premium, the best being a first-half header from Diogo Dalot that he directed off target. In fact, Manchester United did not record a single shot on target.

Barcelona posed a huge threat, with David de Gea saving shots coming from Philippe Coutinho and Lionel Messi – and Manchester United must now repeat their last-16 magic against Paris St-Germain – which is just impossible judging how lucky they were against PSG – in France when they travel to the Catalan giant’s chasing a semi-final spot against Liverpool or Porto.

Manchester United’s players got the applause of the Old Trafford crowd – but it was rather an acknowledgement of a plucky effort than praise for any serious quality.

This makes it Barcelona’s fourth Champions League win against Manchester United, with each win coming in a different stadium. Nou Camp, Stadio Olimpico, Wembley and finally, Old Trafford.