Mata: We Must Look Forward

Each week Juan Mata blogs on his website, offering insight into life as a first-teamer at United. This week, he reflects on the defeat at Swansea and the race for the top four...

Hi everyone. As you can imagine, especially those who read this blog week after week, this is one of those days when writing is a bit complicated, following a tough defeat.

The week had had a good start, winning in the FA Cup and getting to the next round - where we will be facing Arsenal - but it did not finish the way we expected.

I honestly think we were close to bringing home the three points, especially because the feelings on the pitch at the start of the second half were good. We played almost all the time in Swansea’s half of the pitch, but we weren’t able to take any chances and we all know that football can be capricious. We were ahead after a great goal from Ander [Herrera] in the first half, but were defeated later on with a lucky goal from [Bafetimbi] Gomis after [Jonjo] Shelvey’s shot.

Sometimes you win games that you don’t deserve to win and other times, and I think this is the case, you just don’t get what you deserve… that's football!

Now we must stand up again, look ahead and make it up to our fans this weekend at Old Trafford against Sunderland. As I keep saying every week, and now even more, it is vital to win games. Our main rivals don’t slow down and the race for the Champions League spots is closer than ever. We are approaching the most important moment of the season and we must deliver in order to get our goals.

Thank you for your unconditional support and have a nice week.

Hugs,
Juan

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