Manchester United defender Chris Smalling says "consistency" will be key next season.

Smalling admits finishing sixth last season wasn't good enough.

"I think consistency," he told ManUtd.com of what must improve. “Obviously since Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) has come in, our consistency has definitely gone up but I think we know there's a lot to work on.

“With Ole and the coaching staff, we'll have a full pre-season working on a lot of things.

“Hopefully come pre-season, we can show what we're really made of through the whole course of the season and be a lot more consistent because ultimately if you want to be top of that league you need that consistency in every game. You can't have two or three games where you let your level drop."