“I feel it’ll assist us. I do know for individuals exterior the membership, it’s not a giant factor. It shouldn’t be a giant factor in Manchester United, however I feel it’ll assist us rather a lot. So, for that, once more, it is not about enjoying properly. It’s the way in which we’re going to do the warm-up and the preparation, and if we’re excited to go to the sport, like we’re typically after we are within the restrict and we now have to win some video games. If we now have at all times that feeling, I feel it’ll be huge for us. So, it is huge to win this recreation.”
Over the past 10 months, do you suppose mentally there was one thing there that has been a barrier?
“I do not know, however the necessary factor is to do the utmost and to face that recreation like we face typically, Liverpool final yr [for example] as a result of we had been struggling. The best way we begin the season in opposition to Arsenal, we had been actually excited to start out the season. We should always have that feeling on a regular basis. So, we’re to start with. We gained the final recreation, we have to do every thing to win in opposition to Brentford, and we have to win the sport.”
Ruben, you mentioned earlier that you simply spoke about the truth that you needed to win consecutive matches. Was that right here, or was it within the dressing room, or was it simply usually?
“It was all over the place. I feel if we, as a crew, do not perceive the momentum now, we now have a giant drawback. So once more, something may occur in a recreation, particularly within the Premier League, and you’ll see in each recreation. However the feeling within the first minutes, it is actually necessary. So, for me, since we began the primary coaching, we began speaking about that. We have to perceive the momentum of the membership, the chance that we now have to win the following recreation. So, it is on us, and the duty is on us.”
On the identical topic of successful back-to-back video games. Clearly, you’ve come from a membership that goes on these lengthy successful runs and you probably did it rather a lot. How’s it been for you coping with that?
“It is actually exhausting, however I additionally perceive it is a totally different membership, a unique stress, utterly totally different league. However that feeling of successful and [for it] to get actually regular to win, I wrestle rather a lot. I feel additionally the gamers [do]. So it is in our fingers to vary issues. We simply have to win the following one, and to do every thing to win the following one.”
