Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has done “quite remarkable” work at Manchester United since taking charge, according to Chelsea assistant Gianfranco Zola.
“I am pleased, first of all,” he told a news conference. “That is the first feeling that I have. I know Ole, we did the course together and I am pleased to see him doing so well.
“I knew that United weren’t going through a very good moment before, but I knew the value of the team and they were going to come back.
“What Ole has done in this small amount of time is quite remarkable. He was clever, he was always interested, and you can see when someone is focusing on what they do.”
“It’s a classic, it’s a great game,” he said. “They are in a good moment and it’s the sort of challenge we need right now.
“You can see they are a team at the moment who are enjoying what they are doing. They are committed, they are working as a group.
“When you have this attitude and the qualities that they have it can only be good.
“The only thing you can say is they had a very good coach before and sometimes things don’t work out. The value of the team wasn’t in doubt before and it is not surprising now that they are doing what they are doing.”
“I have fantastic memories of him – not when I played against his team – but respect, great respect for the person and the manager,” he said.
“He used to like to mark me with [Gary] Neville all the time. It was not very pleasant for me. I didn’t like it.
“It’s always been a fantastic game, very competitive. It’s a game that both sets of supporters feel a lot.”
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