Mata Braced For United's Big Week

Every Monday, Manchester United forward Juan Mata reflects on his experiences on and off the pitch in his personal blog. This week, he considers the Reds' FA Cup victory over Sheffield United and looks forward to back-to-back away games in the Barclays Premier League...

Hi everyone

We're beginning a week with two Premier League games and we will try to extend the good run of results of the last few days. It’s true that the FA Cup game was not the greatest in the world, but right now, after some complicated weeks we have gone through, I think we have to give credit to each of our victories.

It’s not easy to find spaces when you play against teams with so many players defending near the box, but we know we must play better and we will keep having good results. The positive thing of this game is that the team kept fighting until the end and that’s how we got Wayne’s goal. The FA Cup is a special competition and you see surprises every year. We are looking forward to new Cup ties.

We go to Newcastle now and to Liverpool on the weekend, in one of the main games of our season. These are two difficult away games but we want to keep moving towards our goals. Winning both would be a huge boost of confidence now that the second half of the season is starting.

Thank you for following and supporting me week after week.

Hugs, Juan

Read Juan's blog in full at kicca.com/juanmata8.

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