Juan Mata insists Manchester United will stick together after their hammering at Chelsea.

The midfielder wrote for his blog: "I'll be honest: it's been a tough day, with a final score that hurts, and this isn't the best time to write these lines. Things got complicated since the first minute. By conceding an early goal the game we had in mind changed completely, and from that moment we weren't able to come back. Chelsea had a much better start than us and we paid dearly for it.

"But we must carry on. Luckily, in three days we have a very important fixture, and as from now we must focus on this new opportunity to get better.

"It sounds like a cliché but it's true: when we win and everybody praises you it's easy to be united and celebrate together, but it is now, after such a defeat, when we must remain mentally strong and keep going. Together we win and together we lose."