Ander Herrera reveals how he and Nemanja Matic help make the most of "free" Paul Pogba

Ander Herrera congratulated Manchester United Acting Director, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, for having "pulled the best" from his players, while revealing his own role in facilitating the resurgence of the star man, Paul Pogba.

After the acrimonious departure of his predecessor Jose Mourinho, Solskjaer took over the reins of Old Trafford and led the Red Devils to nine wins in ten of his first ten games.

While the club enjoyed a remarkable fitness and the top-four ranking was a much more realistic possibility than before, Herrera praised his Norwegian for making the most of the talent he had at his disposal. .

Speaking in front of ESPN, the former Athletic Bilbao player said: "When you're a manager, you sometimes talk too much about tactics, but the hardest thing for a manager is to make the most of his best players and this manager is doing we've all seen it.

"Ole has this trick with some of the players he's performing at his best, and now the hardest thing is to be able to stay the course in the long run, but everyone has seen that he had that click with the main players of the team.

"He's getting the best of (Marcus) Rashfordhe gets the best of Paul (Pogba), he gets the best of Anthony (Martial), Jesse (Lingard), and it's not easy. "

One of his United his team-mates who particularly benefited from the change of regime win the World Cup Pogba, who has six goals and five badists in his last eight Premier League appearances.

Herrera claimed that it was up to him and his teammate Nemanja Matic to help Pogba feel "free" in order to help him produce magic in the opposing midfielder.

Herrera said: "I think it's special, and we have to let him feel free.When he feels free, he does his best.I always tell him that he's playing simple in our half, even in the middle of the field, after [that] he can get his magic and he can win games for us.

"That's why he's playing at his best right now, I think we have to let him be free, sometimes defending his back, I think Nemanja [Matic] know it, I think I know it, and as soon as we receive the ball, as soon as we get it back, we can play it. "