Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes brutally honest Paul Pogba lifestyle admission. Pogba drew criticism from fans, pundits and even former manager Jose Mourinho as performances dipped but his personal life remained extravagant. Pogba often changed his hairstyle, was active on social media and then drew blanks on the pitch as Manchester United’s season unravelled under Mourinho. But under interim manager Solskjaer he has exploded back into life and looks every bit the World Cup winner he is. Pogba faces another challenge on Sunday when United face Liverpool as they look to cement their place in the top four - and dent the Reds’ title challenge. As he prepared for the big clash at Old Trafford, Solskjaer insisted he didn’t force the 25-year-old £89million World Cup winner to rein in his extrovert ways. But he’s revealed he wouldn’t have let Pogba go to the Brit Awards last week – unlike Kop boss Jurgen Klopp, who allowed Daniel Sturridge and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to attend the glitzy London bash ahead of today’s key encounter. “Paul has always been a larger-than-life character. He has a fantastic family but you don’t do yourself any favours at times with stuff like that,” said Solskjaer. “You don’t want to give anyone an excuse really so, of course, you don’t go to the Brit Awards this week. “We know leading up to our last game against Liverpool there were stories about players not being focused. “It is not about that. We know they are focused, we know they are doing their best and that is just Paul being Paul. But he does help himself by toning it down a bit. “Maybe he does not have the energy to do it now. Who knows? But I have not said anything to him about it. I have talked to the whole team about expectations and the standards we have and what I expect from them. “Paul is a leader in training, he is a leader in the dressing room. Players are allowed to be themselves and that’s my job as well – to allow that. “He spends a lot of energy being a leader on and off the pitch. If you want the nice car, different haircut, that’s no problem. “I can’t do anything about my grey hair! But you are allowed to have different hair, it is not a problem to have whatever haircut you want. “It has never been a problem with Paul. I remember when he was 16 he wanted to feel good. If you feel good you will play well. “I am a bit older than them and don’t understand all this social media, even though I posted a picture of Rashy’s shirt over my television when he scored against Liverpool last time at Old Trafford! That maybe was one of my five or six tweets ever! “And you would be surprised by the number of minutes he’s played this season. “Apart from David de Gea and maybe Nemanja Matic he has played the most minutes for us in the league even though there was a perception that Jose left him out all the time.”