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Manchester United improved their confidence with a better defensive display, according to goalkeeper David de Gea.
Much has changed since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over, but De Gea attributed to improving the back line to give United confidence and allow him to play eight games without defeat.
"It's true that we conceded a lot of goals in the first half of the season, it's hard not to concede in the Premier League, but we did not defend very well, we were giving up too many chances, but we" " have managed to better control the matches, "said De Gea at Sky Sports.
"We had more ball and we defended much better, minimizing the chances of our rivals, and we won a lot of games without conceding, which gave us more confidence and continuing in this way is the most important thing. "
Although the Norwegian has maintained a 100% win rate since joining the club on Dec. 19, De Gea admitted that United was still not satisfied, as he continues to rank sixth in the Premier League.
"This is clearly an excellent series of results, but we are still out of the Champions League places and we are very far from winning the Premier League." We are satisfied with the victories, but we are not satisfied with the results. general situation, "says De Gea.
"It's a club that should be fighting for the title, but we're gaining confidence and we're going to try to make the most of the rest of the season, win games, hope to win the Champions League places and do well. in the competition. "
United was 11 points from fourth on Dec. 18, when Jose Mourinho was sacked and Solskjaer was able to reduce the gap to fourth-placed Chelsea at just three points. De Gea explained his determination last four months of the season.
"It's impossible to win the Premier League," added De Gea. "That was what we wanted before starting the season, it's a club that has to win trophies.
"We want to return to the Champions League places, which will be a difficult goal, but we have managed to reduce the points deficit a little bit, we will fight until the end and if we stay in the form where we are., we will win matches. "
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