Speaking exclusively to
Sky Sports, Pogba said: We have improved a lot, we keep improving but we still have a very young team.
Paul Pogba for @SkySportsPL this afternoon. He comes across really well and, I think, if he did more interviews, he would change how some people see him. Mind you, looking at his face, I’m not sure I’ve helped the cause today. pic.twitter.com/SzJDR3sjp6 Patrick Davison (@skysports PatD) January 14, 2021 Obviously we cannot say now we are at the same level as them because they won the Premier League and keep winning so the day we win - that is when we say we are at the same level.
What s changed under Solskjaer?
As is now being seen at the other end of the country at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the football which pre-dates Solskjaer s tenure at Old Trafford is often pragmatic, when it works. Mourinho has never been one for the tiki-tika and neither was Louis van Gaal, who has since defended his boring style of football, before him.
After years of being entertained by Ferguson s winners, United s supporters were never likely to be wedded to either of their styles in the long-term. It was no surprise it was one of the first things Solskjaer set about changing when he took over.
Ahead of Saturday s trip to Goodison, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta sat down for an exclusive chat with Sky Sports to discuss his first 12 months in charge of the club, facing in-form Everton, why results have nosedived of late, and whether he plans to enter the January transfer window.
By an odd coincidence, Arteta takes his struggling Arsenal side to Everton, in a match you can see live on
Sky Sports, almost exactly a year to the day he was in the stands at Goodison having just been named Unai Emery s successor. I want people to take responsibility for their jobs and I want people who deliver passion and energy in the football club. Anyone who doesn t buy into this, or that has a negative effect or whatever, is not good enough for this environment or this culture, said the Basque at his unveiling last December.
Image: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was instrumental in Arsenal s FA Cup win
It is of course to Arteta s immense credit that he was able to win silverware only months into the job. Arsenal s FA Cup triumph in August, achieved with impressive victories over Manchester City and Chelsea, generated excitement and optimism among supporters.
There was more positivity when Arsenal overcame Liverpool on their return to Wembley for the Community Shield. They then started the Premier League campaign with three wins out of four. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang agreed a new contract. The club completed a £45m deal to sign Thomas Partey.
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Expectations were raised. Arsenal had limped to an eighth-placed finish in the previous campaign, but it felt like they might have it in them to compete for a top-four finish in Arteta s first full season in charge. Arsene Wenger rather unhelpfully suggested they may even be able to win the title.
After David de Gea was culpable for RB Leipzigs third goal as Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League, will Dean Henderson replace him for the derby with Manchester City? Watch Man Utd v Man City live on Sky Sports Premier League from 5pm on Saturday; kick-off 5.30pm.