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Manchester United are the team-shaped Premier League since the end of December when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over following the dismissal of Jose Mourinho by Old Trafford.
The numbers do not lie and United has taken more points than any other Premier League team – including the title chasers, Liverpool and Manchester City – since the Norwegian has taken control.
United has only 26 points on his first 17 games of the season under Mourinho. It was the worst result of the top six in the Premier League, 19 points behind Liverpool, 4 points on Chelsea, 11 points and even Arsenal (5th) and eight points.
Since the arrival of Solskjaer, things could not be more different. If the Premier League table had been reset at the time of his appointment, United would currently top the standings. Their 32 points from Solskjaer's 13 games are better than Liverpool's in 31 games out of 14. United under Solskjaer have 10 points better than Tottenham and 12 points better than Chelsea.
This dramatic turnaround of results is the product of restoring the confidence of a group of players whose morale was at the rendezvous in the final weeks of the Mourinho era.
Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford, United's top three scorers, have been like new players and now behave at an incredible level compared to the past.
Once again, the numbers do not lie and Solskjaer deserves a lot of benefits to bring quality to these players in a way that Mourinho has finally failed.
Starting with Pogba, the World Cup winner played less minutes under Solskjaer, but he scored almost twice as many goals for the Norwegian, recorded three more badists and also halved his minutes per goal. 95 .
This means that where Pogba had scored a goal or averaged once every two games, he is now doing close to one goal, which fans have been hoping for a long time.
The contributions of Paul Pogba for the purpose of Jose Mourinho & Ole Gunnar Solskjaer:
| 2018/19 | Under Mourinho | Under SolskjaerThe largest shopping center |
| Games played | 20 | 17 |
| Minutes played | 1,597 | 1,512 |
| objectives | 5 | 9 |
| aids | 4 | 7 |
| Goals Involved | 9 | 16 |
| Minutes per goal | 319 | 168 |
| Participation by objective | 177 | 95 |
Lukaku was not a regular starter under Solskjaer in the same way that he was under Mourinho, but despite that, his goals also improved. The Belgian played less than 1,000 minutes for Solskjaer against more than 1,600 minutes for Mourinho, but he scored nine goals for his current boss after only six for the previous one.
Like Pogba, his contribution to minutes per goal has been reduced to 85.
Romelu Lukaku
| 2018/19 | Under Mourinho | Under SolskjaerThe largest shopping center |
| Games played | 22 | 16 |
| Minutes played | 1,639 | 931 |
| objectives | 6 | 9 |
| aids | 1 | 2 |
| Goals Involved | 7 | 11 |
| Minutes per goal | 273 | 103 |
| Participation by objective | 234 | 85 |
And the trend of recovery continues with Rashford. The 21-year-old is the only player in the trio to have played more Solskjaer only cost him a few minutes before Mourinho – the result of more games started – and his goals doubled. It was four for Mourinho and eight for Solskjaer, his minutes per goal going from 311 to 169.
Interestingly, Rashford actually scored more goals for Mourinho than he does now, five goals against two. That's because Solskjaer used the starlet more as a central striker and a typical "number nine" than out, where he played most often for Mourinho.
Marcus Rashford
| 2018/19 | Under Mourinho | Under SolskjaerThe largest shopping center |
| Games played | 20 | 18 |
| Minutes played | 1,242 | 1,352 |
| objectives | 4 | 8 |
| aids | 5 | 2 |
| Goals Involved | 9 | 10 |
| Minutes per goal | 311 | 169 |
| Participation by objective | 138 | 135 |
All the statistics provided by Opta
United fans are hoping the trio will keep its improved shape under Solskjaer for the rest of the season. The club is still fighting for the top four in the Premier League and is still alive in the Champions League before a next quarter-final against Barcelona.
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