Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata admits Southampton didn't deserve defeat on Saturday.

Mata wrote for his personal blog: "I'm getting used to writing to you after a victory, and I know we all like it.

"What a great routine that is! In this case – last Saturday in Southampton – the win was really tough to get, they didn't let us play our game and they had chances to tie the score until the end. The truth is they didn't deserve to lose but football is like that sometimes.

"We know a couple of things about it, since we were in the same situation several times last season. It was not our best game, that's for sure, but luckily we managed to get the three points."