Young: Confidence Is High

Ashley Young says Manchester United will go into Sunday’s meeting with Chelsea full of confidence despite leaving West Brom a little disappointed on Monday night.

The Reds claimed a point at The Hawthorns thanks to Daley Blind’s late equaliser after twice going behind to the home side.

Next up for Louis van Gaal’s men is Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday and Young says the players can take heart from the attacking prowess displayed in the Midlands.

“You have to look at the positives,” he told ManUtd.com. “Obviously they went ahead when we were on top but we came out in the second half and got ourselves back into the game. We take the positives of the possession we had and the attempts at goal.

“We said we wanted to start the second half brightly and get ourselves back into it, which we did with Felli’s [Marouane Fellaini] goal, which was fantastic. We wanted to kick on from there and it looked like there was only going to be one team who were going to get the three points – that’s why you saw a lot of disappointed faces in our squad after the game. But you have to take the positives of getting ourselves back into it and getting a point on the road which is important.

“We’ve got tough games coming up with Chelsea and [Manchester] City, but we still go into those games with confidence as high as it always is and we’ll be looking to get some points from those matches.”

The match was Young’s first since the end of August following an injury setback and the wide man is determined to play his part in helping the team over a testing few weeks.

“It’s disappointing for any player to get injured but I’m back fit now and I’m only looking ahead. I’m not looking back,” he added. “I just want to play the best I can. The manager has shown faith in me and I want to go out there and play well.”