Juan Mata has been a surprise inclusion in Manchester United’s opening two Premier League games, with rumours in the summer suggesting that Jose Mourinho would sell the Spaniard.

Mata has played well though, scoring the first goal of the Mourinho era against Bournemouth, and is earning his place in the team.

Mata has written a blog following Friday’s 2-0 win over Southampton and has sung the praises of the fans, after an incredible atmosphere for our opening home game of the season.

Once again, I’m writing to you after a good week, when we have been working well to get another victory. Last Friday’s win was special, not only because we played on a Friday night, which is quite unusual when you are involved in a European competition, but also because it was the first official game at Old Trafford this season.

As you can imagine, the atmosphere lived up to the expectations. Once again, we could feel the support of the crowd; it is vital if we want to make every game at Old Trafford a special day. It is also vital, in my opinion, to generate that ‘chemistry’ with our fans in order to make our stadium a very tough place for the other teams.

We played a solid game against Southampton to get the second win out of two games in the Premier League. It’s still August and that means we are still working on a few adjustments. We know there’s still room for improvement.

We have a tough game ahead on Saturday at Hull City. It’s never easy and they are one of the four teams that have won the first two games this season. They are back in the Premier League this year and are having a surprising start. We will try to win and keep our good streak.