Mazraoui: We deserved to win

"We fought really hard," the Moroccan international said when speaking to MUTV. "But I think, eventually, if you look at the game and the chances we created, we deserved to win."

The full-back contributed heavily to what was a promising United performance, winning the fan vote for our Man of the Match award after the game, working just as hard going forward as he did in his defensive duties.

Reflecting on his role, Nous added: "I did my best today, and I was more involved in the attacking.

"It's my quality to also involve in the attacking and support the wingers, and the attack, and that's what I could do today."

Our no. 3 correctly stated that it was an entertaining watch for the fans, but it wasn't without tough battles on the pitch, with eight yellow cards brandished by referee Rob Jones by the time he blew the final whistle.

Asked whether the temperature of the game was too high at times, Mazraoui quickly batted the suggestion away.

"No, no, not too physical. I think it was really passionate from both sides," he said.

"I think, for the supporters, a great game to watch, even though there were just two goals in there."

Although Mazraoui believes the win was there for the taking against the Blues, a point against Enzo Maresca's side, who have made a strong start to the 2024/25 campaign, certainly isn't the worst result — and reflects a United side that are rightly striving for a higher position in the Premier League table.

The Moroccan recognised this and is keen for the Reds to start climbing the league as soon possible.

"I think if you look at the table, where we are now, you cannot say that's where we belong," he said.

"Everybody knows that. We know that. We have to step up and get away from there really, really fast.

"That's just not us, you see that today. We have too much quality to be in this position."