Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists he wasn't playing media games regarding David de Gea's fitness.
De Gea came off with a muscle abductor problem in Spain's European qualifier in Sweden on Tuesday and Solskjaer indicated on Wednesday he was out of the Liverpool game.
However, De Gea started for the 1-1 draw.
Solskjaer insisted he did not deliberately mislead the media when a member of the press remarked De Gea had 'recovered quickly', reports the Manchester Evening News.
"Quicker than I thought!" Solskjaer replied. "I didn't speak to him before I spoke to you [at Carrington on Friday] last time, and of course I was worried when I saw him sit on the pitch on Tuesday night.
"He had two days off, Wednesday and Thursday, and I spoke to you Friday before training, so I didn't know."
