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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer aims to continue his impressive Manchester United coaching debut at home against Burnley on Tuesday, with the case for his permanent appointment unfolding each week.
The fourth round-robin FA Cup victory at Arsenal on Friday brought the Norwegian interim manager’s record to 8 straight wins since he replaced José Mourinho before Christmas, a mark that even surpasses the wonderful Matt Busby at the start of the season. a leadership reign at Old Trafford.
While it appears Tottenham Hotspur’s Mauricio Pochettino remains United’s selection as a long-term nomination, the progress Solskjaer is making on and off the field is a developing case for the 45-year-old’s victory. years.
A fourth position and Champions League football next season seemed like a distant dream in the final days of Mourinho’s reign, but the victory over Burnley would push United to a point of trouble with Chelsea, for at least 24 hours.
What if the effects involving Chelsea and Arsenal fell in favor of former United striker Solskjaer, whose appearance is facing a Burnley aspect seeking a 5-0 FA Cup loss to Manchester City? The Reds Devils could even end the week on a high. a 3rd position lately occupied by Pochettino’s Spurs.
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This is all a cry from the unhappy Mourinho era, the recent effects say a lot about the managerial abilities of the Solskjaer man, as well as his tactics and philosophy.
In his two impressive maximum victories to date, a league win over Spurs and Arsenal’s 3-1 loss in the FA Cup, Solskjaer has opted for a 4-3-3 lineup, yet he is his selection not. public the one that lights up.
The use of Nemanja Matic and Ander Herrera in midfield allowed the third member of this group, French world champion Paul Pogba, to play a more complex and offensive role.
The chains implemented through Mourinho were lifted and Pogba, so in public clash with the Portuguese, arguably benefited more than anyone from the leadership relief.
Romelu Lukaku, who looked tired and in top form in fitness in recent matches with Mourinho, also looks like a revived figure since Solskjaer returned to Old Trafford.
Against Arsenal, Solskjaer gave the Belgian forward a wide role in the attacking trio, with Alexis Sánchez in the wide position and Jesse Lingard in the center.
Lukaku, who had been effective from a position in Everton and with Belgium, proved to be an inspiration opposite the Gunners.
Meanwhile, Sanchez, a major offender since joining United 12 months ago, has made one of his performances with the club, scoring so far this season and fifth overall since leaving Arsenal.
When the Spurs won, Solskjaer had settled on the same squad but with different staff, with Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial supporting Lingard from open positions.
Suddenly, a United attack that seemed confusing and one-dimensional under Mourinho looks like one of the potentially most exciting forward teams in the country, if at all in Europe.
But Solskjaer’s biggest contribution to the dramatic rise in fortune was only a matter of philosophy and attacking temperament first that he brought back to Old Trafford.
Arsenal’s victory would possibly have been a throwback to old glory in the sense that United were so devastating on the counterattack.
But after the game the United players spoke, as they have since Solskjaer’s arrival, of the insistence of their new leader, looking to attack and move the ball – and themselves – into the box as temporarily as possible.
“From day one he said that we seek to be a team that controls the game but it is impossible,” Herrera said after Arsenal’s victory.
“Sometimes we have to protect, but when we protect we know that anything can because we have so many fast and offensive offensive players. “
(AFP)
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