Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been awarded the Premier League manager of the month for January.
Manchester United’s brilliant form since he took over the charge has helped them in closing the gap with the top four in the Premier League. The former United striker is yet to be defeated in his new role and deservingly has won the prestigious award.
Former manager Jose Mourinho failed to win the award even for once and the Solskjaer has become the first manager since Sir Alex Ferguson to receive the accolade.
United started the month with two straight wins over Newcastle United and Reading in the Premier League and FA Cup respectively. The Red Devils then edged out Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 followed by a closely contested victory against Brighton & Hove Albion.
A win over archrival Arsenal and a 2-2 draw with Burnley set the tone for an excellent February. The manager said, “Honestly, I’m a little bit against individual team awards for a team sport.
“but it means we’ve been the team of the month, so this is both for the staff and the players.
We complement each other really well,
”The hours and hours that Kieran and Michael spend on planning the sessions, doing the sessions, working with individuals. We’re a good group. We bounce off each other. Opinions are being thrown about in that office and in the end I’m the “lucky one” that has to make a decision on who to leave out or to play.
“We want to be winning games. We want to move up the table and this is the start of it.”
