Morgan Pleased With His Progression

Morgan Schneiderlin believes he has made some pleasing progress during his first season with Manchester United, but insists he is striving to improve every day.

Since joining from Southampton in the summer, the French midfielder has been one of the team's most solid performers this term.

The 26-year-old is thoroughly enjoying life as a Red so far and, while he admits there is still more to come, he is happy with the steps forward he has made.

"When I first came I had big expectations and, of course, I wanted to play for the title and I wanted to have a big impact straight away on everything. It’s a new philosophy and a new thing to take on board," he explained in an interview with MUTV before the Everton match.

"I had some good games and a good spell but there’s a lot of competition and so even in my time when I didn’t play every game I was still learning, still trying to improve and doing my best.

"Since the weeks went on in the season I’ve felt better and better and of course I know I have plenty more to show to everyone and plenty more in my locker."

Despite the disappointment of not being involved in the title race, Louis van Gaal's men still have plenty to play for with a top-four finish on offer and an Emirates FA Cup quarter-final replay to come.

"We look game by game, we’re not looking too far ahead but we know that we have some big games coming, like Leicester and Tottenham and the FA Cup and we want to win everything and make sure we finish very strong," Schneiderlin insisted.

"Of course we are all disappointed not to play for the title, but in football you never know what can happen so we will try to finish as strong as possible.

"Hopefully the teams who are in front will drop some points and we can capitalise on that."