Blind Ready For The Next Battle

Daley Blind says three defeats on the trot for Saturday’s opponents Crystal Palace won’t mean anything when Manchester United travel to Selhurst Park on Saturday, with the Reds ready for another difficult encounter.

Last season’s trip to South East London all but sealed a Champions League spot for Louis van Gaal’s men, but the victory came about after an extremely hard-fought contest.

Alan Pardew’s side have had a mixed run of results lately – three league and cup wins on the bounce were followed by three straight defeats, including Wednesday’s 5-1 Capital One Cup loss to Manchester City.

The Reds meanwhile, head to Palace aiming to recover quickly from the penalty shoot-out defeat to Middlesbrough in the same competition.

“Teams always want to bounce back after a defeat,” Blind told MUTV. “Cup games can be different but this a Premier League match and I’ve said many times that Premier League games are always tough. There are no easy games. This won’t be easy either so we have to be focused and concentrate.

“Crystal Palace are a very stable team with a lot of quality in their side. They have bought some good players so it’ll be a tough game again. We remember last season’s match which was a hard one as well.

“We try to prepare ourselves in the best way we can. Despite their last few results, you can still see they have some quality players who can change games. We have to make sure they don't do that against us.”