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Ander Herrera says Man Utd need to be more ruthless

Ander Herrera of Manchester United celebrates scoring their first goal
Image: Ander Herrera: Demanding more of United in attack

Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera admits the squad need to be more ruthless in order to fulfil their potential.

Louis van Gaal's side have struggled for fluency in attack despite recruiting the likes of Falcao and Angel di Maria to supplement the firepower of Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney - and needed a late goal from Ashley Young to seal a 1-0 win at Newcastle on Wednesday.

Herrera, who arrived at Old Trafford in the summer from Athletic Bilbao in a deal worth a reported £28.85m, told MUTV: "I think we deserved to win. We deserved to score before and we were a little bit disappointed at half-time because we should have been winning.

"We created chances, we kept the ball and we didn't give a lot of chances away - I think only one in the first half, in the last minute. But now we are very happy.

"When you win in the last minute, you are very happy. But I think we have to improve, we have to score earlier because our fans are suffering too much.

"It felt much more important after the game than before. When I was looking at the results of our rivals I thought it was a very, very important victory because Arsenal won, Liverpool won, Tottenham won, Southampton won.

"You know the battle for the top four is going to be very hard but I think we are in the right way, because we are winning the games through possession of the ball and creating more chances than our opponent."

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United currently sit in fourth position in the Premier League - a point behind third-placed Arsenal and two points ahead of their closest chasers, Liverpool.

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