Rojo: United fans are our secret weapon

Marcos Rojo insists the Manchester United supporters have made all the difference in the way they have turned their season around.

After a slow start to life under Jose Mourinho, Rojo and United are in the EFL Cup final, only four points off second spot in the Premier League and looking strong in the knockout stages of the Europa League.

This weekend they continue the defence of their FA Cup crown with a tricky trip to Ewood Park to face Blackburn Rovers and, home or away, Rojo says the fans will lift their charge.

“When the team needs to go all out for the win in the last few minutes of a game, or we need to grab a late goal, it’s great for us to feel that support and you can sense that the opponents feel it too,” he said.

“When the fans really get going and are passionately driving us forward and cheering at full blast, you get the feeling that as we put the pressure on, the other team just appear to shrink a little in the face of all this. And you can tell that’s happening when you’re out there playing.

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“I had the chance to be in the crowd at Liverpool and at Stoke and I really got to feel for myself just what the United supporters live through every week. It was really great to be in there and hear the passion they put into every song they sing and how they chant the players’ names.

“I had the opportunity to be right in among the fans at the ground to experience and see things for myself from a different angle, if you like, and it was a really cool experience.”