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Unai Emery, manager at Arsenal, said Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made Manchester United a much more dangerous team since his replacement of Jose Mourinho.
Coach Emery, United, will participate in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Friday and the Spanish is expecting a stern test from the revitalized Solskjaer team.
Arsenal drew 2-2 with United at Old Trafford in the Premier League last month, shortly before Mourinho was sacked from his managerial position after a series of dismal results.
Since then, Solskjaer, recruited by Molde as acting leader, has overseen seven successive victories in all competitions.
Solskjaer's approach conquered a United team that had enough of Mourinho's pungent personality, and Emery is impressed.
"It's a different team, it's the same players but they're playing with a big performance now," Emery told reporters on Wednesday.
"I watched their last matches and each player has a lot of self-confidence, with great performances, and now he is very dangerous.
"For us, it's good because it's a very big test for us in this competition."
Arsenal's preparation for the US clash included a paintball trip to build team spirit, but the days were tough for the club.
It was announced Monday that the head of recruitment, Sven Mislintat, would leave next month after being in Arsenal for a little over a year.
A day later, Gunners' back-end Hector Bellerin learned he could miss up to nine months after knee ligament injury in Saturday's 2-0 win over Chelsea.
Emery was questioned about both of these issues and felt that Arsenal should take its time to appoint a successor to Mislintat, with Rome's football director, Monchi, being linked to a similar role in North London.
When asked if it was important to quickly find a replacement for Mislintat, Emery replied, "Maybe if you do this recruiting very quickly, you may be able to make a mistake."
"I think it's best to get by, stay calm and find the best person possible to do this job as desired."
"I think the club is working on it, it's not my problem, I can say the same thing: if the club decided to appoint a sports director, I would agree with them."
Bellerin will undergo surgery and could miss the start of next season given the severity of the knee injuries.
"We were sad and we are sad now after his injury," added Emery.
"I think this year is very difficult for big wounds like Hector, Rob Holding and (Danny) Welbeck, but football is like that.
"We have to treat these injuries as normal in football, but we are very sad for that."
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