Reflecting on Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Derby on Friday night, Jesse Lingard is the latest player to sing the praises of our travelling fans. 5,472 reds were in the away end, our largest allocation of the season so far, and unsurprisingly they made themselves heard.
It was really positive. We started on the front foot, we played with freedom and I think we excited the fans. We have to press teams in most games now, put them on the back foot and force mistakes, then we can get the second ball and start playing football.
Wayne’s goal settled our nerves but they equalised before the break so we had to come out in the second half with the confidence to keep playing our football. I read that it was our biggest away end of the season. Our fans are always great – win, lose or draw, they’re always there to support us and the lads really appreciate it.
