Solskjaer grateful for Man Utd fans after Lampard sack

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has expressed his delight that he is not in a similar position to Frank Lampard, claiming that United fans were behind him in the club's not-so-good days.

After poor results in recent weeks, Frank Lampard was finally sacked after a year and a half on the blue bench. Lampard's side were ninth in the Premier League and had lost six of their games this season. Solskjaer spent similar days with United, with Mauricio Pochettino name was surrendering him as his successor. However, he remained on the United bench and managed to keep the Red Devils at the top of the table until the middle of the season. Now he thanked the fans for not putting him in a position like Lampard.

“It's not really for me to comment too much on that one,"

said Solskjaer about Lampard's dismissal.

"Of course, one thing I know for sure is Frank doesn't want any of us to feel sorry for him. I know his character and mentality and I’m sure he'll bounce back and have a very good managerial career.

"He went through a patchy spell, a short spell, but not long ago they were top of the league. It’s the first dip of form they really had under Frank so I’m a little bit surprised but it's not my job to comment on what's happened at Chelsea."

"We knew there would be some patchy periods and that we would have to stay strong mentally. The leadership they have shown has been very strong and steady, and I'm very grateful for the communication that has been open and honest all of the time.

“We knew we were going to have some rough and patchy periods and they stood strong. I’ve had good backing from the club and the leadership has been very steady, which I have been very grateful for, because we have been through two or three bad spells of form of course.”

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