Matic Is Very Stable On The Ball – Lingard

Jesse Lingard says the mood in the Manchester United dressing room has risen and has welcomed talk of winning the title.

United are currently top of the Premier League following a 4-0 win over West Ham in the opening round of fixtures last weekend, with new £90m signing Romelu Lukaku scoring twice in the victory.

“There’s a lot of confidence flying around at the moment and it’s good that we can stick together and be a part of it,” Lingard, who came on as a substitute in United’s win over West Ham, told Sky Sports News.

“Even the lads who weren’t involved at the weekend still played a big part in the win.”

“The group that we had it was easy for players to settle in, the likes of Rom [Lukaku] and Victor [Lindelof], it was always going to be easy for them. They’re very down to earth guys and they want to work hard on the training pitch.”

“The whole team is working hard this season and hopefully we’ll win trophies. We’re in a lot of competitions, the more trophies the better.”

“It’s a very tall dressing room but you’ve got to handle yourself and let them score the headers,” joked Lingard.

“I didn’t really watch him [Matic] much last season but you can see what he can bring to the team. He’s a player that’s very stable on the ball and can keep it ticking over for us.

“We know Nemanja is a different midfield player and he can just feed the ball to Paul [Pogba] and the other midfield players and let them play their own game. He can sit back and stabilise the play for us.”