Khaleej Times

Free-scoring Man United ‘a different team’

-

birmingham — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted Manchester United are a “different team” from the sluggish side that started the season after extending an unbeaten run to 17 games with a 3-0 win at Aston Villa.

United became the first team in Premier League history to win four con- secutive games by a three-goal margin as Mason Greenwood continued his rise to stardom with another thunderous finish after Bruno Fernandes’s controvers­ial penalty opened the scoring.

Fernandes then teed up Paul Pogba to score his first goal for over a year as United closed to within a point of the top four.

Pogba missed the majority of the season prior to the coronaviru­s shutdown due to injury, but his return to

Eibar 0 Leganes 0 fitness and the January signing of Fernandes, alongside the emergence of Greenwood, have transforme­d United’s fortunes.

“He’s a fantastic person, fantastic player, one of the best midfielder­s in the world,” said Solskjaer on Pogba.—

 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Arab Emirates