Brown: Derby Defeat Hurts
Mail: Manchester United defender Wes Brown admits he is still hurting from last week’s derby-day loss to City.
Born and bred in the city, Brown has still not replied to the more sarcastic texts he received from Blue-supporting friends and still struggles to believe United did not emerge victorious.
“We could have beaten them by six,” he said. “We pressurised them for most of the game but missed some really good chances and somehow they managed to keep us out.
“That kind of thing happens sometimes. All you can do is hold your hands up, try to do the same things in the next game and think a bit more positively about putting the ball in the net.”
Like his manager, Brown has insisted no-one at United should be getting too concerned about the present situation after netting just two points from their opening three games, scoring just once in the process.
Not only is the England defender confident the Red Devils will turn the situation around, he also feels early evidence points to the so-called big four dropping more points this term than they have in previous years.
“Don’t get me wrong, we don’t want to be this far behind Chelsea already but no-one is too worried at the moment,” he said.
“As the season has gone on in previous years, we have always come back into it.
“I know it is easy for me to say that but history proves it has happened and it can happen again.
“I also think the middle ranking teams will take more points off the top four. There are a lot of teams now who have built up their squads and, as we have found out already, they will definitely give problems to the bigger teams.”
