Mata: Rashford Has A Bright Future

Each Monday, Manchester United forward Juan Mata reflects on his experiences on and off the pitch in his personal blog. This week, the Spainiard discusses the Reds' three consecutive wins against Shrewsbury Town, FC Midtjylland and Arsenal...

Hi everyone,

Old Trafford deserved a week like this one. We needed to improve, we needed to win these three games, and so we did. Despite suffering so many injuries lately, this team fights.

Perhaps the most remarkable moment of the week has been our win against Arsenal in the Theatre of Dreams on Sunday. The first thing I want to say is that the atmosphere in the stadium was really amazing. I think our supporters were in tune with us on the importance of the game.

Together we are stronger, and your support gave us the strength we needed in the last few minutes to keep the three points at home. It was an intense, thrilling match with many goals. In short, it was a great game for those who love this sport. Everybody wants to participate in a match like this, full of tension and against a big rival. And it’s because of this kind of games that I love football so much.

With such a good team performance it’s never fair to highlight this or that player, but of course all of us are very happy for Marcus Rashford. He’s played just a few minutes with the first team and has already scored very important goals, showing his great potential and giving us a hint of the bright future that I’m sure he has and that I wish to him. Besides, the club’s tradition and its connection with the Academy is making the fans proud of the great moment that Marcus and other team-mates are living, for they can see that the work with the young players is being rewarded.

There is no time for celebrations though. As from now we only think about Watford. We want to keep this good moment and we want to keep winning to have a great end of the season. This coming Wednesday is the next step.

Have a nice week. Hugs!

Juan

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

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