WE’RE STILL A CLASS ACT

MANCHESTER UNITED assistant manager Mike Phelan has called on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Class of 2019 to use past Old Trafford glories as their inspiration.

Phelan (above), who played for United for five years before working on Sir Alex Ferguson’s (right) coaching staff, has returned to the club as Solskjaer’s righthand man.

And the players left behind by Jose Mourinho have responded by winning eight and drawing one of their first nine games to lift the Reds to the cusp of the top four and into the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Phelan said: “We’re chasing a pack – but I have known United claw back points before. We can only do our own job, keep doing what we’ve been doing, keep pressing all of the right buttons. We are going to lose a few games, which happens in football, but at this moment in time we are winning a few as well.

“Our aim is to try and do even better, try and push the players further.

“I have experienced a lot of things at Manchester United and I want this next generation of players to do the same.

“They have won some things, but they haven’t won everything – and I want them to win everything. Why shouldn’t we?

“You’ve got to be greedy in this game and to keep pushing. What they are here for, surely, is to be better players, better individuals and to win something for this club and themselves.”