Phil Jones : We have proved people wrong

About the Match Winning against the Kop

“We have proved people wrong up to now,”

“People can assume and predict, and it is up to us to prove them wrong. That is what the lads enjoy doing. We enjoy proving them wrong. So far we have done that. But we said before the Liverpool game that not everything was riding on this match. We have another eight massive fixtures coming up with some tough ones away and at home. We know we are in for a difficult last eight games.”

“People criticising does spur you on. You are always going to get critics. We are at a massive club here at Manchester United and if things aren't going as well as they should be then there are always going to be people wanting to have a dig and a pop at you.”

“We just take it on the chin. It is water off a duck's back. We know if we continue to produce performances like this week and last week then we will be fine. We have been well aware of the criticism we have had. We are professionals and we are in a job where people have an opinion about you and they are entitled to it. We just have to get on with it.”

About His Duet with Chris Smalling for Replacing Rio Ferdinand & Nemanja Vidic

“It has been difficult for us,"

"It had been documented that me and Chris were going to be the next centre backs at United but it has not gone how we would have liked it. Somebody told me the other day that we have actually only played alongside each other about four times in four seasons.”

“You cannot build a partnership on four games. Hopefully now we have had back-to-back games together we can keep it going and keep playing well together. We complement each other well. It is not just Chris and I going for the position though. We have some great players in the squad. Marcos Rojo has come in and been terrific. He has been a great addition to this squad. It [the competition for places] is healthy. It is what we expect and what we want.”

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Gary Neville : United Defence is Lacks of Control

About ManUtd Defender
"With the likes of Smalling, Jones and Evans we still have great hopes for that penny to drop,"
"They're still developing and picking up injuries but when they stop and the penny drops you think: 'We've lived with his faults, development and now we're getting the benefit of it.'

"There is no doubt that Jones, Smalling and (Luke) Shaw have talent but they need experience, maturity and injuries to stay clear and they will fly."
"When I look at the United defence what it lacks is control,"
"I see players that have talent but they're all individually working, not having controlled movements together of in-sync. That comes through understanding and from playing together."

"The reason that Chelsea have the best back four in the league is because they have good players, they play every week without many injuries."
"United have been absolutely blitzed with injuries in those positions for the last three years."
"At times they look all out at sea but you have to say in Louis van Gaal's defence, he has had Darren Fletcher in defence, Michael Carrick in defence with Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young as wing-backs that have done well."

About Michael Carrick
"At the start of the season we were struggling, ask yourself who wasn't playing? Michael Carrick wasn't playing," "Now he's playing and the club went on a great unbeaten run."
"When you play with Michael Carrick you think there is authority, control, peace."

"When you are on a football pitch playing against Liverpool or Manchester City, you need peace around you as well. You sometimes don't want people running around.
"Scholes and Carrick together was peaceful. It was like going into a bar and hearing a piano playing.
"It's relaxing. Listening to some good rock is good and you like that too but sometimes it's nice to listen to a piano. Carrick's a piano."

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Phil Jones : About United's Loss After 11-Match Winning Streak

"I think losing is always a little setback but it's nothing more than that,"
"We have to look forward to the next game and make sure we get three points. We have been on a decent run and we need to go on a new one. It's back to the drawing board, we will evaluate the game and move on. It's as simple as that. We will look forward to the next game and prepare right for it. Hopefully, we can win."

"There's a lot of confidence still in the dressing room. We have lost the game, the lads are disappointed but you have to move on quickly. You can't dwell on these results. We have done okay over Christmas. We would have liked to have picked up two more points against both Stoke and Tottenham but now we need to get a bit of a run."

"It's a learning curve," he added. "It doesn't just happen overnight. You don't just click your fingers and you are used to playing in a formation. It's like anything. But we are improving in training and we want to get better. That's the main thing. Everyone of us in the changing room wants to get better, to learn and that's only good for us."

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