Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s relief at Manchester United securing their first Premier League away win in eight months over struggling Norwich has been tempered by the “hurt” he has felt over their results this season. 
The 46-year-old Norwegian has enjoyed a rare week of good results beginning with a draw against Premier League leaders Liverpool — the first side to take points from the Champions League holders in the league this season. They subsequently beat modest Serbian outfit Partizan Belgrade away in the Europa League and then rounded if off with the 3-1 victory over hapless Norwich on Sunday. 
Victory saw them rise from a lowly 15th in the standings to seventh, albeit 15 points off Liverpool and nine adrift of city rivals and champions Manchester City, who are second. Solskjaer made a bright start as caretaker manager when he replaced the sacked Jose Mourinho last December but since being given the job permanently has seen the results and performances fall away. However, he claimed he had not read the increasingly critical press about him.
“The ones that need to trust me and the ones that matter, they don’t mind,” he said following the Norwich match. 
“I have been hurt by the results, I don’t know what has been said. I do not care about that, anyone can have their opinion and that is none of my business to comment on, I am not hurting because of what someone says about me.”
Solskjaer was especially pleased to have Frenchman Anthony Martial back in the side — he scored and missed a penalty, one of two United squandered — saying he was pivotal to the style he wanted the team to play. “This had been a good week for us,” said Solskjaer.
“It started with a decent performance against Liverpool and now two wins away from home. It gives the players confidence and momentum. We have missed Anthony, he is a very important player for us, the way we play and today Marcus Rashford was excellent down the sides and in the middle.
“A great response to missing the penalty, chasing back and scoring. The third was a very good goal and a class finish. It is great for Martial to score a goal like that. We could and should have had a few more goals.”


Pogba return delayed 
until December
Pogba will remain sidelined until December, Solskjaer admitted. The 26-year-old French World Cup winner has not played for the club since September 30 due to an ankle injury.  “I don’t think we’ll see him maybe before December,” said Solskjaer.
“He’ll be out for a while. He needs time to fully, fully recover, so don’t think he’ll be back... maybe Sheffield United (on November 24) after the international break but probably December before you can see him.”


Saints players and staff 
donate to charity
Southampton’s players and coaching staff are to donate their wages from last Friday to the Saints Foundation in a first step towards redeeming themselves following the 9-0 thrashing by Leicester City.
Friday’s rout equalled Manchester United’s 9-0 demolition of Ipswich at Old Trafford in March 1995 for the biggest win in Premier League history.
Saints manager Ralph Hassenhuttl, who accepted the blame for the humiliation, has the daunting task of rebuilding his players morale ahead of two trips to Manchester City this week. Southampton play League Cup holders City in the fourth round of the competition today and are back there on Saturday for a Premier League clash.
“Southampton Football Club’s first-team players and coaching staff have announced they will be donating their wages from last Friday to Saints Foundation,” the club said in a statement. “The squad has been in at Staplewood Campus throughout the weekend, working on putting things right for the club’s supporters.
“As the first step towards that, the group has decided that they wish to donate their wages from the day of the Leicester game to Saints Foundation, in order to help the vital work that is conducted by the charity.”