Jones: Things Can Turn Around Quickly

Manchester United defender Phil Jones insists the topsy-turvy nature of this season’s Barclays Premier League means things can change very quickly and he says the players are determined to turn things in their favour as soon as possible and reassert themselves in the title race.

Just 10 points separate the top 10 teams in English football’s top flight, with United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leicester City all having topped the tree in the last couple of months.

Disappointing results during December have seen Louis van Gaal’s men drop just below the top four, but Jones feels a run of victories could catapult the Reds back into a strong position to fight for the championship crown.

"It’s strange but the table shows that literally anyone can win the league this season. Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester, City, ourselves, Tottenham, Stoke, Watford… nobody seems to want to win it," he told MUTV.

"It only takes a good run of five, six, seven games and getting a few wins and it soon turns around. We’re disappointed with the way we’ve played over the past few games, although we did well against Chelsea, but by no means are we out of it [the title race]. If we can put a few wins together we’ll be right back up there."

Jones has been part of a solid backline that has the best clean sheets record in the league so far this term - 10 in 19 games. And while performances and results have not been what everyone has wanted lately, the 23-year-old maintains that keeping things tight at the back can only help the team.

"I was always taught as a youngster that if you keep a clean sheet you’ve got a great chance of winning the game and we’ve done that more often than not this season," he added. "Norwich and Stoke were games in which we conceded sloppy goals, but other than those matches we’ve been pretty solid. Everyone who’s played has done their job and we hope we can carry that on and produce more clean sheets."