Ander Herrera praises game-changers in the Man Utd ranks
Thursday 15 December 2016 18:00, UK
Ander Herrera praised the number of game-changers in the Manchester United ranks after Zlatan Ibrahimovic's late winner at Crystal Palace on Wednesday night.
United appeared to be heading for their fourth 1-1 draw in their last five league games before Ibrahimovic, subdued hitherto, struck with two minutes remaining, latching onto Paul Pogba's pass.
Herrera said: "When you have top players, they can do that (win a game).
"They don't need to play their best game to change it. That is where we have Paul, Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial, Ibrahimovic, top players who can change the game even when they are not playing their best.
"That is fantastic for us, but I want to speak about our spirit, we controlled the game on a day when we didn't play our best and that is important for us.
"In a long season like this, when you win not on your best day it is very important, it is the history of this club."
The Spain international was happy to single out Pogba's ability to make a vital intervention when the team needed it most.
"We know Paul can change a game in one second," he said. "He has an unbelievable shot, he can head the ball, he can combine near the box and create something.
"I don't like to compare, I just say that Paul is a top player and can change a game in one second but we are lucky because we don't only have Paul who can do that.
"I am so optimistic because we are in a very good moment and we really believe that we deserve to win games because we are working so hard."
"We are so happy because we showed our spirit, this was not our best game but even on a day where we didn't play our best game we created six or seven chances."
