Ole can land full-time role

job. The team have put their foot down in a run of games, finished teams off, and Ole knows what the fans expect.

“Everything he seems to be doing, even the substitutions, are working straight away.”

Reading defender O’Shea (inset) faces his former club in the FA Cup third round tomorrow.

“I hope he stays unbeaten in the league and gets knocked out of the cup,” added O’Shea.

United’s Ander Herrera says he is refusing to get carried away by their recovery under Solskjaer.

They are now six points behind fourth-placed Chelsea in the battle for a Champions League spot.

But the midfielder said: “To be honest, I don’t want to think about that.

“When I saw we were maybe 12 points behind, I decided, ‘Don’t think about it, go game by game’. That’s what we did.

“At least that’s what I did and things are going well so I don’t want to change.

“If we continue this run, we will be closer to the top four but it’s not something that kills my mind right now.” United’s win at St James’ Park was only their third clean sheet this season.

And no-one was more delighted than goalkeeper David De Gea.

“We wanted to make David happy because he was a little bit disappointed over the last few games,” added Herrera.