Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt expressed his delight at scoring in our 3-2 win over Ipswich Town.
De Ligt's smart finish turned the game around to make it 2-1, as he slid in to net his second goal for the club with 26 minutes on the clock.
A first effort at Old Trafford will have tasted that much sweeter as 10-man United hung on to win 3-2 in front of a rapturous crowd in M16.
Matthijs spoke to MUTV following our latest victory.
“I think it was a hard-fought win,”began the 25-year-old.
“I think as you said in the second half with ten men, [we were] fighting and even scoring is a really good achievement from us in that second half.
”Even the first half we didn't even play that bad, we just conceded two silly goals. Obviously this always can happen in football.
“But in general we made some improvements compared to the last game.”
Amorim's men flexed our aerial presence by netting from two set-pieces across the 90 minutes, with De Ligt expressing how it is hard not to get on the end of our captain's pin-point deliveries.
”It was a shot from Diogo [Dalot] and I saw that the goalkeeper was bouncing it, pushing it towards me.
“Then, like you said, the defender was quite close so I tried to hit it high into the goal and luckily it went over his leg so it was a [good] goal.”
“We have a lot of strengths at set-pieces with our heights and the crosses that we have from Bruno [Fernandes],”added Matthijs. “I am happy that today we could score two goals like that.
”It was a shot from Diogo [Dalot] and I saw that the goalkeeper was bouncing it, pushing it towards me.
“Then, like you said, the defender was quite close so I tried to hit it high into the goal and luckily it went over his leg so it was a [good] goal.”
Next up is the visit of Fulham this weekend, as our quest to retain the FA Cup resumes. The former Ajax man says United will do all they can to make it back-to-back victories on home soil.
“Obviously we know what situation we are in and if you are in at half-time with ten men, 2-2, it is going to be a difficult second half.
”So I think it is a really important win for us and hopefully we can continue [that] against Fulham.“
“It is really important especially because this was a really important game for us,”said De Ligt.
“Obviously we know what situation we are in and if you are in at half-time with ten men, 2-2, it is going to be a difficult second half.
”So I think it is a really important win for us and hopefully we can continue [that] against Fulham.“