Mkhitaryan: I know what I have done bad

Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that he expected to walk into the Manchester United first team but has taken full responsibility for his slow start.

The Armenian winger joined for £26.3m in the summer but only made his second Premier League start of the season on Sunday against Everton.

Manchester United fans made Mkhitaryan a cause celebre, but he insists that he was not ill-treated by manager Jose Mourinho.

“There was no bad relation with him, it was always good but the problem wasn’t him, it was me,” he told Sky Sports News HQ.

“Now I understand why I have got my chance and I will keep it, I will hold it, because it is very important for me to play, to be a part of Manchester United.

“I was thinking that I would be here as a starting line-up player but when I arrived I saw that there were 25 players fighting for their place and I understood that it wasn’t going to be easy.

“I had a bad game against Manchester City but that is in the past so I kept working. I have done a great job to get my chance back and I think I did it a really long way until I start playing.

“The manager has a lot of choice, he has five or six players in that position but I know that playing now I know what I have done bad in the past and what good I can do in the future. So I know how I can help the team and I will be doing my best.”