Hernandez: I’m no Solskjaer yet

JAVIER HERNANDEZ feels he has plenty of work to do before he can be compared to legendary United sharp-shooter Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The Norwegian hitman has returned home to begin his management career with Molde, having left behind a mountain of happy memories, top of which is that injury-time winner in the 1999 Champions League final.

Yet, already, it seems Hernandez is being regarded with similar affection and following his late header at West Brom, Alex Ferguson admitted there was something of Solskjaer in the Mexican new-boy. But the man himself shrugs off such accolades, despite eight goals so far for United.

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