Sofyan Amrabat has addressed Manchester United’s slow start to the season in a recent interview.
Manchester United have lost six of their first 11 games this season, but the Reds managed to beat Brentford 2-1 in their recent outing.
We got to see Amrabat start a game in midfield rather than being shoehorned into the team at left-back. The Moroccan will hope for more opportunities to prove himself in his preferred position.
Amrabat has acknowledged that United have struggled so far this season, but he believes hard work will be the key to an improvement in our form after the international break.
“I think I can say a lot of things, but I don’t want to use them as an excuse,” Sofyan told Premier League Productions, as per ManUtd.com, when asked about United’s slow start to the 2023/24 campaign.
“I think in life, but also in football, it never goes always only good, or top. You always have a moment that maybe it will be a little bit difficult, and now I think it’s a bit like that at the moment.
“But we just started. We still have a very long season, a long way [to go]. I think we have played good games [and had] a lot of positive and good things.
“Maybe with a bit more luck, we’d have won the games that we didn’t win. So I have a lot of confidence and I think yeah, we work very hard every day.
“Nobody will give it to you. You have to work for it. But we work very hard and I believe it will be fine. It will be good.”
Amrabat will be in action on Saturday night when Morocco take on Ivory Coast in a friendly.
The United loanee also spoke about his time under Erik ten Hag at Utrecht in the Netherlands.
“We train a lot, with what the manager asks of us and the way he wants to play,” Amrabat added.
“We put a lot of time and energy into that and, like I said, there are a lot of good things. Of course, we are not perfect yet, but I think nobody’s perfect. It needs time.
“But I think also it’s the results. If the results come, it will be only faster that the confidence will grow. That’s football, it’s like that.”
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