Darmian insists United can still win the title
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suffered a hamstring problem while on international duty with Chile. LONDON: Manchester United defender Matteo Darmian has urged his teammates to do more to help manager Jose Mourinho and play with their ‘heart’ if they want to win the Premier League title.
United return to Premier league action tomorrow as they host Arsenal at Old Trafford. However, they head into the game sixth in the table — eight points behind leaders Liverpool.
Darmian, however, insists that a first title win since Sir Alex Ferguson retired is not beyond Mourinho’s team. He has, however, challenged the United squad to step up and ease the pressure on the manager.
“The players, we have a responsibility,” Darmian said. “We have to do more out there on the pitch. We have to play with our hearts.
“I am feeling confident. After this break, we now have to be focused on the next game. It’s a big game against one of our big rivals for the title. We need three points and we have to be focused to get that.”
United have won only two of their last eight league games but Darmian is hopeful that the 3-1 victory at Swansea before the international break can be the springboard for Mourinho’s team to march up the table.
“Of course we can still compete for the title,” Darmian added. “What we have to do now is go on a run of good results, win a lot of games in a row. We are still the race.
“Sometimes we have been unlucky. We missed a lot of chances against Burnley, where the goalkeeper was fantastic, and Stoke. But we didn’t score enough. So we have to improve, we have to work hard and get on our good way.
“Swansea can be a turning point for us, a point of beginning. Now on Saturday against Arsenal we have to win.” DailyMail