The Premier League relegation battle: Are Manchester United at risk?

With Manchester United stranded in 15th place, Opta predicts there is a slim chance they could be relegated

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00:00We know that a certain amount of points are necessary to stay in and every game, every

00:07second of every game is big for us and that's the Premier League.

00:11It's clear that margins have went against us too often. I think that certainly we haven't

00:16had anything that could resemble luck.

00:18Sometimes I talk about relegation because of that. I think our club needs a shock.

00:30I'm from Italy and we are the best in the world in the mentality. How to win the game.

00:49To my players they are missing these things. But there is a moment you have to be Italian.

01:00For us, all the 2021 games that we are playing are massive. We know that a certain amount

01:16of points are necessary to stay in and every game, every second of every game is big for

01:23us and that's the Premier League.

01:25That is for all the teams to win it or to be in the Champions League, to be in Europe

01:31and also in the relegation zone.

01:33It's clear that margins have went against us too often. I think that certainly we haven't

01:48had anything that could resemble luck in many different aspects this year. But also our

01:53execution compared to the opposition execution hasn't been at the level quite often.

02:10When you have these kind of moments, especially in the big clubs, it's really hard to turn

02:17things around. Especially when you don't have a lot of time to train the basics, to

02:24cope with the difficult moments.

02:26So we have to acknowledge our position, the way you see the league. Everybody can win

02:32everybody. So we have to win games and to focus on surviving.