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Published 18:08 12 Feb 2019 GMT
Updated 18:09 12 Feb 2019 GMT
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Alexis Sanchez's struggles have continued despite the new face in the dugout and Shearer has identified the Chilean forward as the only player not to have improved by at least 20 per cent under Solskjaer.
"The impact he (Solskjaer) has had has been amazing. It’s like a big dark cloud has been lifted," Shearer wrote in his Sun column.
"If it had been just one player underperforming under Mourinho, he would have been sold.
"But almost all of the United team were and, aside from Alexis Sanchez, Solskjaer has improved every player's performance by at least 20 per cent.
"From the moment Marcus Rashford scored that free-kick three minutes into Solskjaer’s first game at Cardiff, the confidence has been flowing back. It just takes that one goal and for something to change.
"And then, instead of thinking about things, you start to do things naturally, and you are trying things you weren’t willing to try before because you were petrified.
"I don’t see any benefit in making Solskjaer the permanent boss at this stage of the season. But after PSG, United visit Chelsea in the FA Cup, then host Liverpool in the Prem.
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