Robin van Persie reveals how the Manchester United players coped with Leicester defeat

Manchester United forward Robin van Persie has revealed that a frank discussion between the squad has put the team back on track in a much better frame of mind for the game against West Ham this weekend.

In an exclusive interview with the club’s official channel MUTV, the Dutch striker revealed that all issues were addressed in a meeting involving the manager, coaching staff and players barely 24 hours after throwing away a  3-1 lead to lose 5-3 at Leicester City.

We spoke the next day

"It’s the right way forward as you have to speak about the good things you do but also in the areas you can improve, which is what we did the next day," he said.

"Everyone came in and we had a long meeting about the game. It was a really good meeting as everyone spoke up and shared their feelings."

Constructive talks and effective training sessions have, feels van Persie, steadied the ship and put the players in the right frame of mind for Saturday's home clash with Sam Allardyce's Hammers.

"We’ve had a good few sessions now and everyone’s feeling very positive now ahead of the game against West Ham," added the striker. "Everyone’s on the same page."

Shouldn’t be possible to lose like that

In a separate interview to Fox Sports, the 31-year-old said that the meeting lasted over an hour.

“It shouldn’t be possible [to lose like we did],” he told Fox Sports News. “But it still happened. We have to deal with it. We had a proper look at it next day. Sometimes it was a bit confronting and it was a long meeting. One hour [or] something.

“We went from there, started again this week [and have put] a couple of really good sessions in. Everyone feels ready to face West Ham.”

He also added that everyone knows what aspects they have to improve on and they’ve analysed all their mistakes.

We know our mistakes

“When you look at the defensive mistakes, it starts somewhere else,” he added. “That’s where we looked at as well. It’s not just the one mistake which happens. There’s a mistake before the mistake and before the mistake, maybe positional wise. Everyone knows where we have to improve.”

Luke Shaw is likely to make his competitive debut for the club this weekend.