Solskjaer is under increasing pressure at United (Picture: Getty)

Victor Lindelof insists Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is not fearful he is facing the sack at Manchester United.

After defeat to Newcastle before the international break, reports were swirling that Solskjaer would be axed if United suffered a heavy loss to Liverpool.

The Premier League leaders travel to Old Trafford when club action resumes this week and Lindelof has now given some insight into how his manager is feeling amid the speculation.

‘He’s very good,’ Lindelof told Swedish outlet Expressen about Solskjaer.


Liverpool visit Old Trafford after the international break (Picture: Getty)

‘A coach that is easy to talk to and discuss with and who has a good balance when he should be tough and when he should not be tough.



‘Since then he has been in the club himself as a player and knows what it takes to succeed there and he has a lot of control.

‘You are used to criticism. When you are in United, everything gets much bigger.

‘There are more people watching, more people writing about the club than any other club.

United are reportedly fearing a heavy defeat to Liverpool (Picture: Getty)

‘For him it is probably nothing new, he himself has been a player there, then things went a little better for the club, but he knows exactly what it takes to be a player and how much pressure there is on us.

‘There is probably no danger to him.’

United are just two points above the relegation zone in the Premier League, while Liverpool are 15 points ahead of the Red Devils.

Liverpool will be eager to maintain their eight-point lead at the top of the table, but United will be desperate to avoid another morale draining defeat.