Juan Mata has promised to honour the shirt ahead of Manchester United’s clash against Manchester City on Wednesday night.
The Spaniard was an unused substitute in the 4-0 defeat at Goodison Park on Sunday where United fell to their sixth defeat in eight games in all competitions and he couldn’t find the words to sum up United’s abject performance.
The midfielder usually writes a lengthy blog post on a Monday morning but had to admit there were no words after United’s heaviest league defeat since 2016.
“Today I truly have no motivation to write anything,” Mata said. “I can only imagine the disappointment and sadness that each of you have been feeling since Tuesday, and I understand.”
And with the Manchester derby coming up the 30-year-old promised he would ‘give everything’ for the shirt.
“Thank you for your unconditional support, there is only one way forward but just words aren’t enough: to give everything for this shirt, for this club and for all of you,” he added.
Ashley Young, who came off the bench in the second half of the defeat, said he was confident of a better performance against City.
“We know how important that (derby) is going to be. If you can’t get yourselves up for the Manchester derby, there’s something wrong,” Young told MUTV.
“I’ve got confidence that we’re going to be ready for Wednesday, we’ve got to dust ourselves down fairly quickly and go again this week. We’ve got four games left, we’ve got four wins to get. It’s going to be tough but I’m sure we can do it.”
