Breaking news :Ole Gunnar Solksjaer explains why Manchester will use two switching formations against Watford .

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said Manchester United’s 

style of play should be the same irrespective 

of their formation.

United are expected to switch to a back four

 at Watford after starting the last three games

with a back three. Although United won with 

the formation at Tottenham, they abandoned 

it before half-time in the draw with Atalanta 

and Solskjaer reverted to a back four at half-time

 in the loss to City.

After the City game, Solskjaer said United 'have to come out against Watford like a proper hurt animal and get back to what we know we can be'. The Norwegian said 'the result and performance against Tottenham was good but it's not what we want to look like, to put it that way'.

The back three formation always seemed unsustainable with the surfeit of forwards United have in their squad, particularly after the additions of Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer.

"The system is one thing; style is so much more important," Solskjaer stressed. "That is on the front foot, passing forward, running forward, pressing high or dropping low so that you block off the goal. 

"You can have the same style of play with 

different systems or formations, it’s the execution

 on how you approach the game and how we 

set about that style of play. 

"Sometimes Man United has been with wide 

wingers, we’ve had centre forwards up there 

that have been targets for crosses, sometimes 

you have targets into feet. The main thing about

 it is that it’s an attacking way of playing football

 that we give the players a chance to express 

their talents within the framework that we play 

in and that we set.

"If that’s 3-5-2, 3-5-3, 4-4-2, 4-2-3-1, it doesn't

 really matter. It’s the detail and strategy we 

give for every game.

"But we have worked the last few years on 

two different ways of the way we have set up,

 with a back three in the last two games and the

 majority of games have been 4-2-3-1 that we’ve

 had.

"But we’ve had to make some minor adjustments

 in the last few weeks because [of] some players

 in form, out of form or injured or suspended.

"I always want to see a Man United team going

 on to the pitch trying to dominate and that’s 

what maybe led me to say what I did after the 

City game. I don’t want to see my team hanging 

in there waiting, we’d rather be on the front foot 

and if a team is better than us then sometimes 

you have to accept that."