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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer does not believe Manchester United’s spot-kick situation needs addressing despite Paul Pogba’s penalty miss costing his side victory at Wolves.

Fresh from opening their Premier League campaign with an impressive triumph against Chelsea, United hit the road looking to avoid a third Molineux loss in five months.

Solskjaer’s side were vastly improved from those 2-1 losses in the FA Cup and Premier League earlier in the year, but it could have been even better than Monday’s hard-fought 1-1 draw.

Ruben Neves’ stunner cancelled out a fine Anthony Martial opener and eyebrows were raised when Pogba stepped up to take the spot-kick he won, rather than last week’s penalty scorer Marcus Rashford.

Rui Patricio saved the France midfielder’s thumping effort – his fourth failed penalty since the start of last season – and United great Gary Neville questioned why there had been an on-pitch discussion about the taker.

“This is a Manchester United penalty, this is not tombola,” the former defender said on Sky Sports of that conversation, but Solskjaer downplayed the issues after confirming both Pogba and Rashford are the designated penalty takers.

Asked whether he needed to address penalties, Solskjaer said: “Not at all.

“The two of them are confident and good penalty takers and I’ve been in that situation myself, gone up and missed a penalty for Norway.

“When there’s two names there, it’s the one who’s the most confident and Paul has scored so many before, so absolutely no problem.

“It doesn’t have to be (one taker), no.

“Because sometimes in a game you do grow in confidence. Sometimes ‘I don’t want to take it today because I had a bad day’.

“Absolutely no problem with players walking up and saying, ‘this is mine’.”

Pogba pulled his shirt over his head at the full-time whistle, knowing this was a great opportunity to win at upwardly mobile Wolves.

“First half today was very much ours I felt,” Solskjaer said of the United performance.

“Then the first 10-15 (minutes) of the second half was poor and then we got back into the game again, so I am very pleased.

Paul Pogba showed his disappointment at full-time (Nick Potts/PA)

“They’ve learnt today. They gave a couple of sloppy transitions away, counter-attacks, because we passed it – we were too eager to play the pass through.

“Sometimes one extra pass before we play the killer pass… but we’re improving all the time and we will improve a lot because the boys want to learn, want to improve, which is evident from the first game to now. We’ve only improved.”

Wolves counterpart Nuno Espirito Santo was pleased to see his side emerge from this hard-fought encounter with a point, especially given they are juggling the opening Premier League fixtures with Europa League exertions.

Neves was among nine changes from the win against Pyunik last week and scored an exquisite leveller to send Molineux wild.

Ruben Neves beat David De Gea with a fine finish (Nick Potts/PA)

But elation temporarily turned to frustration as referee Jon Moss pointed to his ear as the video assistant referee checked the goal, with chants of “f*** VAR” echoing around the ground before the equaliser was given the green light.

“It was a very, very good goal,” Nuno said. “Ruben kicked the ball well, put it out of the reach of the goalkeeper. Just there, spot on. Very good kick.”

Quizzed about the amount of time it took to award it, the Wolves boss said: “That’s what is worrying me.

“What I am afraid of is will we will be afraid to celebrate a goal? This is energy at Molineux, the sound, this atmosphere – we cannot lose, we cannot lose.

“They have to find a solution for it. Please do it.”

Jamie Carragher believes the decision by the video assistant referee to disallow Gabriel Jesus’ late winner for Manchester City against Tottenham was “VAR at its best”.

Jesus’ goal against Tottenham was disallowed after a VAR review spotted that the ball had deflected to him off the hand of City defender Aymeric Laporte.

Under changes to the laws of the game which took effect from June 1, any use of the hand which leads to a goal or a goalscoring opportunity will be penalised, whether intentional or otherwise.

There was some criticism of the decision, but former Liverpool defender Carragher believes the technology did its job.

“I think VAR has taken some unjust criticism,” Carragher told Sky Sports. “I think in some cases it has been absolutely fantastic and a massive success and that was evident in what happened in the last minute at Man City.

“VAR was brilliant on this. If people have got a problem, it is with the law. I personally think handball should be disallowed if the person scores with the hand, not sets one up. But it is there in law. So that is VAR at its best.

“It spots something that no-one else has spotted, that’s what it’s there for. Also a lot of the players coming out and saying ‘what is this rule? What if it hits the defender, does it count?’

“The players don’t know what’s going on and that’s because, you know when the referees come in to a meeting as they do every year, they (the players) are on the phones, they are not listening, they haven’t got a clue what the rules are. I was probably the same (as a player).

“We went to that meeting at Stockley Park, we were told about the handball rule. You may not agree with it but it is there as a rule and that for me is VAR at its best.”

VAR was introduced into the Premier League for the first time this season having been used in the domestic cup competitions and at international tournaments.

Some pundits have already suggested that VAR should be scrapped, but former Manchester United defender Gary Neville feels its use should be widened even further.

“I think the factual stuff is a no-brainer, the stuff like the handball on Saturday, the offside stuff. It’s perfection and it has to be better for the game,” Neville said. “Accuracy is important on big goals and moments.

“For me, and it’s the fear I had when I went to Stockley Park a few weeks ago, is these subjective calls where they say they won’t overturn the referees’ decision on the pitch unless it’s clear and obvious.

“I think they will alter the test. It’s too high, they have backed themselves into a corner.

“The Rodri one (a potential foul by Erik Lamela on the midfielder at the Etihad). That is a penalty. Michael Oliver (referee) is not watching the incident, it’s impossible for a referee to see every incident at a corner.

“This is why VAR was brought in. That is an absolute stonewall penalty. He has got his arms around his neck. They have set such a high bar on what they said were subjective calls that they are basically nervous of overturning the referee on the pitch.

“I think if Michael Oliver saw that again he would want you to overturn it. They have to have the nerve and the courage to make the big call in the truck.

“I’m sure it will change. I think we will start to see more subjective calls overturned.”

Captain Thiago Silva insisted it was “not the real Paris St Germain” after his side suffered an early first defeat of the new Ligue 1 campaign as Rennes came from behind to win 2-1 at Roazhon Park.

PSG had taken the lead in the 36th minute when Edinson Cavani knocked in a stray pass across the penalty area from Rennes captain Damien Da Silva.

However, the hosts rallied and drew level just before half-time through a fine shot on the turn by M’Baye Niang.

Rennes made a fast start to the second half as Romain Del Castillo headed in after 48 minutes and they could have added another when Jeremy Morel’s volley came back off the post.

PSG – again with Neymar left out of the squad as speculation continues over his future – offered few clear-cut chances in the second half.

Rennes, though, continued their 100 per cent start to the new campaign and sit third on six points alongside Lyon and Nice.

Brazilian defender Silva maintained the PSG squad will regroup.

“It was a difficult match, it’s hard to talk, we started well and then we lost our concentration a little bit, which is a shame,” he said on French broadcaster Canal+.

“At the beginning of the second half, it’s a goal we do not normally concede, but we were not attentive.

“Sometimes it is like that, but this was not the real Paris St Germain that we know.

“We have to look forward, think about the next game, try to be better and forget everything that happened here.

“It’s the beginning of the championship, they were stronger. Now, we have to try to improve and prepare well.”

Neymar was again conspicuous by his absence from the PSG squad, with both former club Barcelona and Spanish rivals Real Madrid reportedly looking to push through a deal ahead of the transfer deadline.

PSG head coach Thomas Tuchel, though, maintains the uncertainty surrounding the Brazilian cannot be used as an excuse for Sunday’s defeat.

“Neymar situation weighed on the team? No, I do not think so,” he said to Canal +.

“It is still the same, but the transfer window is still open for more than 10 days.

“Do you think this thing will be settled tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? I do not think so.

“But no matter what I think things are not settled for the moment, and it is not possible for him to play because he has not done any training like the others, the risk of injury is too great.”

Tuchel accepted his team had come up short of the required performance levels.

“We had problems in the challenges, both offensively and defensively,” he said.

“We forgot how to close out the match after taking the first goal and then make a gift to Rennes before half-time.

“It is not an easy situation, many of our players are not 100 per cent (fit), we need time.”

Rennes coach Julien Stephan felt his side were worth their victory, but can still improve the squad.

“We have a team that has shown interesting values, but to be able to last over time this season we will need some more people,” he said. “I know our recruiting team is working to improve all that.”