Manchester United caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was named Premier League manager of the month after an unbeaten start to his reign at Old Trafford and striker Marcus Rashford clinched the player of the month award for January. Solskjaer, who replaced Jose Mourinho in December, became the first United manager to receive the award since long-time Alex Ferguson in October 2012 during the season when the club last won the league title. "We want to move up the table and this is the start of it," said Solskjaer, who has closed the gap between United and the top four teams to two points. "You cannot be a good leader or a manager without good players... so ultimately it's how they respond to what we tell them and they've been fantastic, so all credit to them." "You cannot be a good manager without good players, and they’ve been fantastic so far.

Source: dna February 08, 2019 15:00 UTC