Last April, United were beaten 4-0 at Goodison Park and the display prompted the boss to apologise to the travelling supporters afterwards. Solskjaer is confident that dark day is a thing of the past and he promises his new-look United side will be up for the fight on Merseyside.
The memory is a bitter one for the manager but also something of a turning point in his United rebuild.
“That was the lowest I have been,“ he conceded. ”We know that, we remember that it was just a capitulation.
“We had absolutely nothing about us, even though all the goals were counter-attacks from set-plays, long balls from throw-ins.