Speaking about playing alongside fellow South American Manuel Ugarte in the Manchester United midfield, Casemiro said…

“I have a good connection with him. When one goes forward, the other covers, and vice versa. That is how it has to be, one complements the other. I think the other games have been like this.

“He is a great person. He's a good kind of person. Then, little by little he is also showing that he is a national team player from Uruguay, from a team that has good players. Then he has total respect, not only mine, but all the players. And well, it is good for us to have good players, so we have a much better squad.”

As for his own form, the former Real Madrid star said…

“Well, everyone can see can’t they? I only had the Liverpool game, right? The whole team was not good in that game, or this season.

“But individually, of course when the goals are missed, of course it ends up hurting the team more, but I think it's been a good season for me.

“I want to continue growing, I want to continue helping my team-mates and the coach, helping Manchester United grow and well, everyone knows what my job is.

“Of course we have to keep improving. We have the players to do that. We have to keep growing. We are in a good dynamic. Now comes the international break then the most important part of the season, when there are many matches and when all players are needed.”