Juan Mata admits Manchester United's FA Cup defeat at Wolves has been a blow to morale.
United crashed out of the FA Cup at the quarter-final stage after losing 2-1 to Wolves at Molineux on Saturday night, less than a week on from their 2-0 defeat to Arsenal in the Premier League.
The losses serve as the first real test of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's United reign, which prior to them had only featured one defeat in 17 games.
"It hurts to say that Saturday's defeat against Wolves was deserved, as it saw us head out of the FA Cup and you all know the hopes that we had riding on this competition, especially after progressing through some really tough knock-out ties," Mata wrote in his blog .
"We fought until the very last minute but they were better than us and we have to accept it.
"These are the kinds of situations that put your personality and the spirit in the dressing room to the test, which is something we've talked about when we have been winning.
"I'm sure that we are going to leave this defeat behind and head towards the most important part of the season with our batteries fully charged after the international break. The time is approaching."
