Top 5 Substitute appearances in the history of the Premier League

#1 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (1998/99 vs Nottingham Forest

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored four goals coming on as a substitute which is still a record in the Premier League

Even before you started to read this article, you would have figured that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would be somewhere in this list. Solskjaer was a master at scoring goals as a substitute and this match against Nottingham Forest proved just that.

Solskjaer scored four goals coming off the bench as Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 8-1. His goals displayed the poacher qualities that Solskjaer had throughout his career. His first goal was a tap in, his second was a brilliant one-on-one finish, his third was a brilliant volley and his fourth was also a tap in.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored a total of 17 goals in the Premier League as a substitute. But his best substitute appearance came against Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final that year and then everyone knows what happened.