United determined to put things right at Stoke, says Young

United were dumped out of the Champions League at the hands of Wolfsburg and were then beaten by Bournemouth, before last weekend’s 2-1 loss to Norwich City at Old Trafford.

United face Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday and Young says United are fully focused on collecting three points from a hard game.

McIlroy pinpoints Bojan Krkic, Marko Arnautovic and Xherdan Shaqiri as Stoke’s danger men, but he believes United will have more time on the ball than on some recent visits to the Potters’ home.

Mourinho is understood to be interested in taking over at United if Van Gaal is sacked and Van der Gouw thinks appointing the former Chelsea manager could be a wise move.

Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia and Marcos Rojo remain out injured, while Bastian Schweinsteiger will serve the final game of his suspension.

Stoke city will be without the services of Peter Crouch, Shay Given, Stephen Ireland, Mark Muniesa and Peter Odemwingie who are nursing injuries while Cameron remains doubtful for the game.

“He has been in the game a long, long time and he knows better than most if the results (are disappointing) and (the) perception is you are not doing particularly well, you come under pressure”.

Stoke have won three and lost three of their seven Premier League games on Boxing Day.

United have also scored 185 Boxing Day goals in total – more than any other team.

Manchester United are Sky Bet’s 11/8 favourites despite their poor form, with Stoke 21/10 to inflict another defeat on Louis van Gaal’s men and the same price to hold them to a draw.

These strengths are still to be reflected in league position, with a failure to win in the last two keeping them down in 11th, but they are just six points off fourth and Hughes is happy with his squad.

“When the squads are released I think he’s stopped looking, to be perfectly honest, because however well he plays he doesn’t expect to be in, unfortunately”.

Without a victory in any of its last six matches in all competitions, it is United’s worst winless run within a single season since December 1998 – the campaign in which it went on to win an historic treble. “They will click again I am sure, but hopefully we won’t allow it to be at the weekend”.