Every game from now on is a final for Man Utd - Mata

Juan Mata has called for Manchester United to
treat all of their remaining fixtures as cup finals as
they aim to qualify for the Champions League.
United drew 1-1 at home to Swansea City, missing
the chance to leapfrog rivals Manchester City, who
also dropped points at Middlesbrough.
Jose Mourinho's men also have the chance to
qualify for the Champions League by winning the
Europa League, with a trip to Celta Vigo up next for
the first leg of their semi-final on Thursday.
And Mata is expecting Celta to provide a tough test
for United, despite his side being strong favourites
to book a place in the competition's final on May
24.
"Two big challenges await us this week," Mata
wrote in his weekly blog on the United website.
"First of all we have to visit Celta in the Europa
League.
"I can say, without exaggerating, that they are one
of the teams that play better football in Spain, and
not only this season. Being back home will be
special, but very difficult at the same time. We
must perform at our best in order to beat them.
"Besides, a few days later we will visit another big
opponent, Arsenal, with three key points at stake.
Every game from now on is a final for us, that's
how we face them."
Mata made a surprise early return from a groin
injury to be named on the bench against Swansea
and the Spain international was glad to be back
despite United drawing at home for the 10th time in
the league this season.
"This week we're having a mix of good and bad
feelings once again, the latter being, of course, the
draw against Swansea and Luke [Shaw] and Eric's
[Bailly] injuries," Mata wrote.
"In this regard we're being very unlucky, but we
have to keep looking ahead. As for the game, we
let two points slip away, again, when the win
was so much needed.
"But there have been very good moments during
the week as well, such as my being back with the
team, and also my birthday. Thank you so much to
all of you for your messages, it was a great day
and, although I didn't get the present of the three
points, I hope we can have a great season ending
in the remaining few weeks.
"As regards to my recovery, I'm very happy and
looking forward to helping the team in such an
important moment of the year, enjoying myself on
the pitch and, hopefully, lifting another trophy."



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