Luke Shaw denies Manchester United dressing-room rift and backs squad to turn it around

Bouncing back: Shaw is confident United will turn it around after wretched start
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Jonathan Hunn28 August 2018

Luke Shaw has slammed reports of a dressing-room rift at Old Trafford and says it is only a matter of time before Manchester United start winning games again.

Monday's 3-0 home defeat by Tottenham — which came on the back of an embarrassing reverse to Brighton on the south coast in their previous Premier League game — has upped the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho amid rumours of a falling out with United chief Ed Woodward and star player Paul Pogba.

But England international Shaw told MUTV: “It is a sad night for us, we have got to pick ourselves back up, keep working hard and we need to pick up points after two losses.

“We need to win and win in a good way. We played really well in the first half and if we keep playing like that, and take our chances, then we will win games.

“You see a lot of things in the media that go on about what our dressing room is like, but we have a really good spirit, a really good group of lads who want to work and achieve big things here.

“We have a group of hard workers and amazing talents, everywhere you look on the field. We have got to start taking our chances and I am sure we will start winning games.

“You look at the first half [against Spurs] and I think we were outstanding. We had a lot of chances to put the game to bed. Of the chances we had, [we should have scored] maybe one or two, then for me it would have been game over.

“We spoke at half-time and Jose [Mourinho] said they hadn’t had one corner, one cross or one dangerous opportunity. Then, from their first corner in the second half they had a goal [from Harry Kane], but even then we should have been relaxed because it was only one goal and we still had a lot of time.

“But then came another mistake, another silly, stupid goal. We were so on top and it is just really disappointing. Everyone in the dressing room is really sad, especially after the first half we had.”

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Shaw admits that United, who sit 13th in the Premier League after recording their worst start to a season in 26 years, need to offer a positive response in their next outing against Burnley.

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