Expectations at the club are high but the defender wants his teammates to seize opportunities one game at a time
Diogo Dalot has called on his Manchester United teammates to show their “anger and drive” and use them to win games, as pressure mounts on head coach Ruben Amorim.
United’s had an opportunity to climb to fifth last week but they were unable to defeat 18th-placed West Ham at home.
Dalot thought he had settled the contest with a second-half effort, only for United to concede late and allow the Hammers to walk away with a draw. The dropped points have put Amorim under more pressure ahead of a trip to bottom-of-the-table Wolves, who have only two points this season and have failed to win any game this season.
“Sometimes it’s not football qualities,” Dalot said. “We have shown this season that we can be a very good team, but we need to get into ourselves.
“It has to be from inside. It has to be from the anger and drive you need every day to win football games.
“We need to become a bit more obsessed about playing for this club, winning games and winning trophies. I’m not going to get into the ‘we need time’ thing. We have to win straight away because that’s what the club demands. That’s why it hurts sometimes even more when we have opportunities like this and we don’t win.”
Dalot added that expectations around the club were quite high but didn’t want his teammates to dwell on those.
“Even after winning three or four games in a row, people will expect you to win five or six or seven,” said Dalot. “So, we just have to focus on one game, one win at a time.
“[Against West Ham] we had a good chance to get closer to the top positions and I think that’s what hurts even more.”
