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The whole team played well and that’s the most important thing.” Despite losing two of their first four games, Fellaini says United are good enough to win the title. They have two more points than in 1992 when they won their first Premier League under Sir Alex Ferguson and have some relatively easy games next. “We have the quality, that’s for sure,” said Fellaini. “We have to stick together and play like we did last week in the first half against Tottenham. Okay, the second half was bad, but we have to keep this spirit and think about every game and be positive. The season is long. It’s the beginning of the season. The last two years we started very well. This season, a bit less so, but the season is long so let’s keep going.

“The next game is more important than this one so let’s go away with our national teams and come back very strong.”

Matic also said it is not fanciful for United to talk about the title, even though they are six points behind early pacesetters Liverpool and Chelsea. After United’s next game against Watford, who also boast a 100 per cent record, they face Wolves, West Ham and Newcastle and Matic says their rivals will drop points.

“These teams also have to win all their games and that’s impossible,” said the Serb. “It’s still too early to say something. We’ll see in March where we are because in March you can see who is fighting for the title, who is not and who is fighting to be in the top four. But now it is still too early.”