Wes Brown is urging his United team-mates to move on from
Tuesday's shock Carling Cup exit against struggling Championship
side Southend United.
The Reds' defender skippered the side that was knocked out the
competition by Steve Tilson's side at Roots Hall.
Although bitterly disapppointed by the result, Brown is confident
the team have the strength of character to get themselves together
before Saturday's Premiership trip to Blackburn.
"Responding to adversity is what being a United player is all
about," Brown told MUTV. "Tomorrow is another day and it's
important for us to pick ourselves up and be ready for the next
league game. We've done it in the past and we need to do it
again."
A stunning free-kick from Freddy Eastwood on 27 minutes gave
Southend a dream start and it was a lead they managed to hold on
thanks in the main to a superb performance by goalkeeper Darryl
Flahavan.
"Their keeper made some great saves but in general there wasn't
enough penetration within our game," admitted Brown. "They made
things very difficult for us and although we tried to get ourselves
back into it, it just wasn't happening for us.
"We put a lot of pressure on in the last twenty minutes but they
handled it and as a team defended very well; they deserved the
victory.
"We didn't underestimate them," added the 27-year-old. "You can
never expect to go anywhere and win no matter what division a team
is in. We're all gutted but we need to bounce back."
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