Evans Hails Team Effort

Jonny Evans and Rio Ferdinand may have earned special praise from their manager after the 2-0 win at QPR, but Evans insists the victory and clean sheet were down to an impressive collective effort from the Reds.

The Northern Ireland international produced a towering display alongside Ferdinand at the heart of the back four, but Evans was quick to salute the contribution of everyone in a red shirt after the game.

"A clean sheet is all you can ask for as a defender," he told MUTV. "It doesn't matter how you play, if you get a clean sheet you're happy. It was a nice to get it [on Sunday] - it was a solid performance from us.

"It really helps when the team is working really hard around you as well. The front players and the wide men work hard to make things a lot easier for you.

"We created a lot of chances and felt we were a bit unfortunate not to go in [at half-time] with a couple more goals [under our belts], but we weren't able to kill them off in the first half," he added.

"That's the way these games go sometimes and you've always got to be on your guard. They had a good chance in the second half [through DJ Campbell], but thankfully they couldn't take it.

"We'd like to have scored a few more goals - that's something we haven't been doing lately. But we've just got to make sure we keep creating the chances."

Evans himself had a host of good opportunities from set-pieces, but that first ever United goal continues to elude the 23-year-old.

"Nani put in some good deliveries from our corners and I found it quite easy to lose my marker. It's just unfortunate one didn't go in for me," joked Jonny. "I must have had about three or four chances - hopefully a goal will come soon."