Juan Mata claims Manchester United must not feel sorry for themselves after losing three straight games.
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Anthony Martial has taken to social media to reveal that he is recovering well after he was forced off during Manchester United’s 3-1 defeat by Watford on Sunday.
It remains to be seen whether manager Jose Mourinho will choose to include Martial in his squad to face Northampton Town on Wednesday.
“As I always say, one of the best things of football is that the game is testing you all the time”. “Yes it’s low, but we are men and we must stand up together and show ourselves”. There’s no time for mourning.
“First of all, we visit Northampton Town in the EFL Cup, in our first game of the season in this competition”.
“There’s plenty of time ahead to give our best, enjoy it on the pitch and make the fans enjoy it too”.
So, following a string of disappointing results, Mata remains optimistic about the season which, of course, still has a very long way to go.
He was brought to Old Trafford from Borussia Dortmund this summer but was left on the bench by Jose Mourinho for the first three games of the season.
“We need to make sure we’ve addressed it ready for Wednesday because, whatever side Manchester United put out, it will be very hard for us”. We need to focus. “I hope next Monday we can celebrate together a good week”.
And Fellaini knows United have to string an impressive 90 minutes together rather than dropping off the pace throughout matches.
“At half-time, the manager told us to come out and play with confidence and we did that by grabbing the goal”.
During his days in United under-16s, the striker played in a No. 10 role and said: “I can still play there if I need to – No. 10, on both wings and up front as well”.
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But his lack of mobility makes United predictable and easy to defend against and Mourinho must be tempted to play the sharper Ander Herrera or a natural holding midfielder such as Morgan Schneiderlin to allow Paul Pogba more freedom to get forward.
