Manchester United players 'screaming' at each other in dressing room at Liverpool, admits Morgan Schneiderlin
Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho said the eventual winners of Sunday's match could be heard from outside their dressing room
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United players were "screaming and shouting" at each other during half-time of their 1-0 win over Liverpool on Sunday.
Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho claimed that the visiting players could be heard through the walls of their dressing room during the game at Anfield and Manchester United midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin has confirmed that voices were raised.
The Red Devils went on to win the Premier League meeting thanks to a late goal from Wayne Rooney, but at half-time the visiting team were arguably fortunate not to be behind and had yet to muster a single shot on target.
“United were lucky today and they know it,” centre-back Sakho told French TV channel Canal+. “We could hear them shouting in the dressing room at half-time. We ate them.”
Morgan Schneiderlin confirmed that his compatriot was not mistaken.
“In the first half, we didn’t win enough second balls. Sometimes we won the first ball but not the second ball,” said the Manchester United midfielder.
“When we came into the dressing room after the first half, there was some screaming and shouting but of course that is normal because in a derby you cannot lose the battle.
“Liverpool are a very high pressing team and we knew if we kept a clean sheet we would have a chance to win the game.
Manchester United were only raising their voices in celebration after the game however, with the win ensuring they completed a league double over their greatest rivals and moved up to fifth in the Premier League.
Coupled with Arsenal's goalless draw at Stoke, the result put them seven points behind the Premier League leaders, much to the delight of manager Louis van Gaal.
"We have a lot of matches still to go," said the Dutchman.
"We started 2016 very good with a lot of wins and I think this game will give a big boost to the players and the fans and everyone in the environment of Manchester United.
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