And Gray believes it’s because of the fluidity that Solskjaer has allowed in his first few days in charge.
“They’ve been bright tonight, there’s been a brightness about them,” Gray said on beIN SPORTS.
“They looked mentally bright, mentally alert. They rotated around the football pitch.
“Mourinho likes his players to be, not exactly in straight lines, but they’ve got a job to do.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saw his Manchester United side beat Cardiff 5-1 on Saturday (Image: GETTY)
Andy Gray praised Manchester United's performance against Cardiff (Image: beIN SPORTS)
“If Martial was picked to play left side, he would play left side and he wouldn’t wander very far.
“But the third goal, he wanders away from the left and he’s almost on the right.”
Even with the win over Cardiff, Manchester United still sit 19 points off of Liverpool in the Premier League.
But having seen the atmosphere under Mourinho, former United forward Dion Dublin agreed that Solskjaer should focus on getting the players to have fun on a football pitch.
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