Gary Neville insists Manchester United remain full of confidence
despite dropping two points at Newcastle on New Year's Day.
The Red Devils could see their lead at the top of the Premiership
cut to four points on Tuesday after claiming just a point from the
trip to St James' Park.
However, Neville is buoyed by the fact that Chelsea are the side
doing the chasing, rather than United, which has been the case in
previous years.
"We know we are a good team and we are a lot more confident going
into this year than we were the last one," he said.
"We are not chasing. We are confident. We feel as though we are
playing well.
"We are disheartened a little bit because we have not won the game.
But in years gone by, when standards were not quite so great, we
would have thought of it as a decent result.
"In this day and age now, we are expected to win every game and we
are disappointed not to manage that."
Neville believes United were bound to slip up at one point or
another during the season but hopes it will not be a regular
occurrence.
He added: "Over a 38-game championship, there are going to be
occasions like this when you don't take chances and you concede a
couple at a difficult place like Newcastle.
"There will be swings over the remainder of the season. We have to
make more of the swings go our way than the other teams.
"It is disappointing because we want to win every match. But when
we look back in a few weeks' time, we might think it is just a case
of us coming to the end of a difficult period."