Shaw believes United must produce a fast start on Sunday if they are to get their season back on track after a couple of disappointing results.
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“In the first half we did not have an especially ambitious attitude”, the United manager said.
“When you make a relation between what you pay and the club revenue, you realise that other clubs paying 20, 30, 40 is a much bigger thing than what Man United did”.
“I don’t think it will be easy (to bounce back) but the game will be independent. That’s normal. But I think we are experienced players and the players are very good guys and I know they want to win and work, so that’s what we have to do”.
Roma, who have made a bright start in Serie A with seven points from their opening three games, took the lead against Plzen in Group E when Diego Perotti calmly stroked home a fourth-minute penalty after Stephan El Shaarawy was felled.
“The motivation belongs to themselves so I believe in that, I believe that on Sunday they will try to win the match, try to give absolutely everything and it will be just by them to try to help”.
“Obviously when you lose matches then the mood and feeling is not the same”.
“I am not saying bad, but I’m saying not with the ambition you need to win football matches”.
Jose Mourinho and his players landed back in Manchester late on Thursday night and will train tomorrow before travelling down to Watford ahead of their midday kick-off on Sunday.
“Watford, last season, were a very organised team, very tough to beat, and now they keep nearly the same players”. I think (they were) two matches where we could have played better but two matches where we did not deserve this.
Not only that, but a stand-out performance from world-record signing Paul Pogba is also required to silence a whole host of critics following average performances nearing on poor against both Feyenoord and City. The Frenchman was fantastic for the Hornets last season, but he’s not normally a goalscorer.
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“He can play where he was playing before in the Premier League, he can play where he did [against Feyenoord], there’s not a problem with his position”, added the Portuguese.
