"The Work Doesn't Stop Here" 🗣 | Bournemouth 0-1 Man Utd | Post-Match Reaction

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Hear from David De Gea, Erik ten Hag and Aaron Wan-Bissaka after United's 1-0 victory over Bournemouth.
It's definitely an important result for the team. I must just talk to you about your own achievement to start with.
Premier League, Golden Glove. What does that mean to you?
It means that myself and the team did really well, especially in the defensive side.
I think we've been really solid the whole season.
I think I played really good the whole season, helping the team as much as I can,
keeping some good clean sheets. You know when you keep clean sheets, we are of course more close to winning games.
Today we keep another one, a big one. Massive three points and we are more close to finishing in the top four, so that's very good for us.
Erik, very close to mission accomplished now. Just one point to go from the last two games.
Go from game to game. Today we are happy. I think great performance, good team performance.
First 25 minutes was really good. It was a brilliant performance from our team.
So in building up, staying compact, the counter-press, the press, a lot of things were magnificent.
So I hope we can stay longer in such levels. That is what we have to work for.
Aaron, was that a case of a job done today, a mission accomplished?
Yes, for today. We've still got two more games to go and that's the way how we want to finish.
There are obviously some world-class goalkeepers in the Premier League.
So to finish on the top of that, if you like, in terms of clean sheets, says a lot about how you played this year, I guess.
Yes, I think so. I think it's been a great season for myself.
Very good teams there, very good goalies. To be there as first is great.
I try always my best and try to help the team as much as I can, like I said before.
It's been a great season.
What about that goal from Casemiro? What about the finish from Casemiro and the link over the top from Christian Eriksen?
It's great. I think the whole midfield played brilliant this afternoon.
We talked a lot, we trained a lot, we coached a lot of movement behind and now it's coming out of the third line.
It's a great run from Casemiro and a great touch from Christian Eriksen and the finish is brilliant, of course.
It's a good position to be in. One point needed from two home games to get in the top four.
Yes, it is, but I think we need to finish strong and take the three points for the last two games left.
Casemiro getting the goal today, acrobatic volley. Is he doing that in training?
He's capable of all things, so that just proves it. It's a good goal and we needed that today.
You didn't have a huge amount to lose today, but that was a big save towards the end from Kiefer Moore, which would have earned them a point.
Yes, he was one in the first half as well on the left and then another one against one nearly at the end of the game.
You have to be very focused the whole game, trying to connect with the team.
I made a save and then we won the game, so I'm happy for everyone.
Was the only thing that was missing was more goals, because the build-up was excellent.
Was that the only thing that you could have asked more of today?
Yes, but that is the symbol of this season. We are not scoring so easily.
Nevertheless, we have over 100 goals. We scored during the season, that's a lot.
Also, we played a lot of games. Sometimes it's the freshness, but I think that is one of our things that we have to improve.
We have to score more easily and that makes life easier, because now we have to fight until the end.
If you didn't have that great goalie, you get the equaliser.
In your own performances as well, you seem to be getting forward more and sometimes you're ahead of Anthony.
Is that part of what you've done to develop this season?
Yes, it is. It's part of it and it's always to balance it as well, both up the pitch and at the back.
Do you feel like you have quite a decent understanding with Anthony, the more you play with him?
Yes, definitely. The partnership is growing. There's a lot more to come from it.
David De Gea, another clean sheet. He's won the Premier League Golden Glove.
He keeps going, doesn't he?
He keeps going. That's David for you. He's proved it, so congratulations to him.
We've now got to this point where we just need a maximum of one point from the final two games at Old Trafford.
It's a terrific position to be in, I guess.
Of course. It's a massive improvement from last season.
I think we're in the right way, but still the job is not done.
We still have two games at home. We'll try to win both.
We know we just need one point, but let's go and try to win both.
Let's see if we can finish better third than fourth.
That's the 40th win of the season. We haven't done that for more than 10 years.
I mean, that's a lot of wins this season, isn't it?
Yeah, but it can never be enough.
A win is always good. Now we have three games to go, but focus on the first game.
We need a win to secure the Champions League position.
When you're playing in front of him, and he's had such a great career at Manchester United,
what does he like to play in front of?
A great player. He helps, and it starts from him, and forwards as well.
A good result here today. Our fans are in good voice.
But to try and qualify for the top four at Old Trafford,
the next chance is Thursday night against Chelsea.
Is that the way to do it?
Yeah. We've got to take every game step by step.
After today, our confidence is up.
We have faith in the team and we hope to do it again on Thursday.
Nice to do it in front of our own fans.
Obviously, our fans were in form here today,
but nice to be able to qualify, if we can, in front of our own fans this week.
Of course. It's always special to play at Old Trafford.
We have a chance to close the Champions League spots at Old Trafford.
It's the perfect position, but we have to finish the job.
I'd better just mention the defence as well.
You get the Golden Gloves, but the defence, again, Victor Lindelof has come in recently.
He's done a real good job alongside Rafa, who's back fit again.
Of course, I think not just the defenders, the whole team.
We press high, we recover a lot of balls in their half.
On the defence side, they did really well.
Everyone with Kassi, I think we did a really good job.
Is the Golden Glove going to go on your mantelpiece?
You must have awards everywhere.
Where's that going to go, the Golden Glove?
Yeah, I don't know.
I'll put it in a proper place with the other one that I have.
It's great, to be honest, to win another Golden Glove.
Well done, mate, brilliant.
Thank you very much.
David De Gea has won the Golden Glove.
There's a lot of very good goalkeepers in the Premier League,
but what does that say about him?
First of all, it's telling something.
Don't forget that about the team, because we're defending at 11,
and we're playing out of a good plan.
But, of course, in the end, we have a very good goalkeeper.
He's saved a lot of great opportunities from the opposition,
so he's done a really good job today, once again.
Are you looking forward to getting back to Old Trafford?
It'd be nice to finish the job, if you like, on Thursday and Sunday.
It's a final on Thursday, and I hope all the fans are ready for it,
because we want to get that done on Thursday.
Therefore, we need another good performance, and it will not be easy.
You have to be ready, you have to be front foot,
you have to be at the highest energy levels,
you need to focus, and then it's possible.
We know that, we are strong, especially on Old Trafford.
It's been a long season, more than 50-odd games in all competitions,
but still a bit of work to do.
A couple of big league games and FA Cup finals to go,
so still some important work to do.
Yes, definitely. The work doesn't stop here.
We've got to keep going, keep playing hard, and the results will show.
