Solskjaer makes instant impact as Man Utd thrash Cardiff

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted having “good players” was the key to his instant impact as Manchester United caretaker manager in a 5-1 thumping of Cardiff last weekend. Not since Alex Ferguson’s final game in charge in 2013 had United scored five goals in a single Premier League game and the

Red Devils looked a side transformed from the turgid football of Jose Mourinho’s final days in charge. “They are very good players, talented players, they’ve approached the game properly and worked hard. A Man Utd team should never be outworked,” said Solskjaer. The Norwegian has been put in charge until the end of the season after Mourinho was sacked last week and could not have asked for a better start in the Welsh capital. As well as getting Solskjaer off to a flying start, victory also saw United crucially close the gap on the Premier League top four to eight points thanks to Chelsea’s 1-0 home defeat by Leicester earlier in the day. “We’re eight points behind, so our job is to take one game at a time,” added Solskjaer. “We always play well in the second half of the season.”