Ole Gunnar Solskjaer opens up on Man Utd sack pressure as Mauricio Pochettino linked

“I became a man at Manchester United and have learnt how to deal with good and bad times.

“You’re a top coach or manager when you win and bad when you lose because that’s the last game you played. You aren’t really better than your last game.

“Every game of football becomes history quickly and we need to go into Goodison Park in a positive frame of mind.

“Passion and fight, we’ll see that tomorrow. I’m a definite believer in these boys and they’ll come back and show how much they care.”

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Asked whether the pressure is affecting him, he added: “I’m good. You don’t have to be happy to stay positive, because you know that on difficult days, in life, there will be better ones coming, and I know these players well enough and I trust them well enough to give a response.

“You have to be mentally strong. There are demands on you as a Manchester United player and as manager, an expectation, because we are at the biggest and best club in the world.

“You don’t expect to find anything but criticism. It’s just how you deal with those setbacks and, from what I’ve seen from the boys, they’re ready to give a response.

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