JUAN MATA ADMITS that Manchester United fans deserve better performances from their side, but has vowed to do all he can to ensure the club recover from an awful run of form.
United were beaten 2-1 by Norwich City at Old Trafford on Saturday, with manager Louis van Gaal coming under intense pressure following the loss.
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Fans chanted Jose Mourinho’s name during the game and, with the Portuguese available as a potential immediate replacement to the Dutchman, reports have since claimed that Van Gaal must guide his side to victory over Stoke City on Boxing Day or face the sack.
Mata played the entire 90 minutes against Alex Neil’s newly-promoted side and readily concedes that he and his team-mates are stuck in a rut, and are currently letting the Old Trafford faithful down.
“No matter how tough the situation can be, I’m not even thinking about giving up. That’s my attitude day after day, I try to give the maximum regardless of things going well or bad. I believe that’s the only way to get out of this bad streak: keep working hard and sooner or later we will get the results that we want,” he wrote on his own website.
“It’s time to prepare the next game, show our strength as a group and make the most of all these fixtures in the Christmas period so we can start a good run of results.
“We are really disappointed for not giving you what you deserve, because your support is amazing and unconditional, but I’m sure that we will turn this situation around.”
United’s clash with Stoke later this week takes on added importance given the uncertainty over Van Gaal’s future, and Mata says United must win a game “as soon as possible”.
“I was confident that we were going to get the three points on Saturday in Old Trafford, but that was not the case,” he wrote. “We are in a complicated situation and in order to get out of it we have to stick together and believe in ourselves so we can get a positive result.
“We all feel frustrated, same as last week, and we need to win a game as quickly as possible because it will change our mood and give us confidence, I’m sure of that. Our next chance to do it will be in Boxing Day at Stoke, and that’s not an easy game.”
Mata: Manchester United players not giving fans what they deserve
JUAN MATA ADMITS that Manchester United fans deserve better performances from their side, but has vowed to do all he can to ensure the club recover from an awful run of form.
United were beaten 2-1 by Norwich City at Old Trafford on Saturday, with manager Louis van Gaal coming under intense pressure following the loss.
Fans chanted Jose Mourinho’s name during the game and, with the Portuguese available as a potential immediate replacement to the Dutchman, reports have since claimed that Van Gaal must guide his side to victory over Stoke City on Boxing Day or face the sack.
Mata played the entire 90 minutes against Alex Neil’s newly-promoted side and readily concedes that he and his team-mates are stuck in a rut, and are currently letting the Old Trafford faithful down.
“No matter how tough the situation can be, I’m not even thinking about giving up. That’s my attitude day after day, I try to give the maximum regardless of things going well or bad. I believe that’s the only way to get out of this bad streak: keep working hard and sooner or later we will get the results that we want,” he wrote on his own website.
“It’s time to prepare the next game, show our strength as a group and make the most of all these fixtures in the Christmas period so we can start a good run of results.
United’s clash with Stoke later this week takes on added importance given the uncertainty over Van Gaal’s future, and Mata says United must win a game “as soon as possible”.
“I was confident that we were going to get the three points on Saturday in Old Trafford, but that was not the case,” he wrote. “We are in a complicated situation and in order to get out of it we have to stick together and believe in ourselves so we can get a positive result.
“We all feel frustrated, same as last week, and we need to win a game as quickly as possible because it will change our mood and give us confidence, I’m sure of that. Our next chance to do it will be in Boxing Day at Stoke, and that’s not an easy game.”
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