Are Manchester United better than last season?
Better? That’s when we win the Final. If we win it, we will be able to say that since it is not easy to win the Champions League two years in a row. No-one has done it [in the modern era]. But for the moment, Manchester has not changed. We are the same team as last season. You have won the World Club Championship, the League Cup, you are leading the English League. You seem untouchable… We are not untouchable. Football changes very quickly. We were criticised after the Liverpool game (a 1-4 home defeat in the Premier League on March 14) and after the game against Fulham (a 2-0 away defeat on March 21). We relied a little too much on our individual performances. Nonetheless, the force of Manchester United is the team. We woke up. And, actually, we feel good, we feel strong. It looked like Cristiano Ronaldo was back to his best level… There was a difficult start to the season but people forget that he had an ankle operation. Me? I was not worried. He is always the first at training a
