Manchester United have been told they need to win “seven or eight” of their nine remaining Premier League games to have a chance of finishing in the top four.
The club currently sit in sixth, four points off fourth-place Arsenal who have a game in hand. Former United striker Danny Webber has admitted he is “worried” United will fall away fast if they continue to drop points against teams they are expected to beat.
Speaking on the club’s official website, he said: “I think we do need to win seven or eight out of nine. We have got Liverpool and some tough games, but those aren’t the games I am worried about. It is the other ‘lesser’ games where we have dropped points and become disappointed because we haven’t taken them.”
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Webber admitted he is concerned that any more slip-ups could see the Gunners run away with fourth spot. He added: “We have to win each one at a time because Arsenal are flying. They are the one where, if you allow them to get out of reach, I think you are in trouble.”
Meanwhile, treble-winning United defender Wes Brown gave a candid assessment of where his former club are and how they will rue missed opportunities. He said: “We have struggled now for a few years and we have got to suck it up, it is as simple as that. I look at the team sheet every single week and I think ‘we can do this’.
“But for the last two months there have been games that we realistically should have won, especially where we were sitting at a time when we had games in hand as well. We should have been okay, but it has just not gone to plan at all, we have drawn too many.
“We have not necessarily played well for the 90 minutes and that has more than hampered us this season, having a good half and a bad half.” Calling for improved performances, he continued: “As a fan, it is hard to understand how that can happen.
“How we can be really good one half and completely the opposite in the next? Ultimately that shows in the league with where we stand and ultimately we have got to do better. There just hasn’t been the consistency and other teams now are in the driving seat, it’s as simple as that, so we’ve got to step it up, stay with them and put the pressure back on them.”
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