Senne Lammens couldn’t have requested for a stronger begin to life at Manchester United, however the Belgian goalkeeper is maintaining his toes firmly on the bottom regardless of the early reward.
After finishing a £18.2m transfer from Royal Antwerp on deadline day, the 23-year-old needed to be affected person, watching from the bench for 3 matches earlier than lastly making his debut within the victory over Sunderland simply earlier than the worldwide break.
The Stretford Finish have been fast to indicate their appreciation, serenading him with chants of ‘Are you Schmeichel in disguise?’ after he stored a clear sheet on his debut. Lammens adopted that up with one other standout show in Sunday’s 2-1 win away to Liverpool – United’s first victory at Anfield in almost a decade.
Reflecting on his sudden rise from the Belgian Professional League to starring in one of many world’s greatest fixtures, Lammens admitted it had been a whirlwind few weeks.
“It’s so much. I attempt to hold my greatest family and friends shut and the remainder is a bit of outdoor noise,” he mentioned. “In the intervening time it’s going good so it’s all reward, however I’m reasonable to know if it goes not so good will probably be all unhealthy feedback. It’s a very good feeling if you get the reward and likewise with the wins.”
The end result at Anfield marked the primary time since Ruben Amorim’s appointment final November that United had recorded back-to-back league victories, and Lammens is raring to keep up that momentum.
“We’ve tasted it and we would like extra. This isn’t the tip station, we simply must hold going,” he mentioned. “It was 10 seasons in the past we gained right here, in order that’s sort of particular. Two in a row can also be one thing we’ve got been trying ahead to to get the momentum going.
“That’s an enormous a part of what the coach has been telling us this season – get momentum going. There have been some disappointments this season the place we wished to take momentum and we couldn’t, however this might be the beginning of some good momentum.”
Regardless of solely working with Amorim for a short while, Lammens was stuffed with reward for the Portuguese supervisor, significantly for the best way he has dealt with exterior criticism.
“Because the coach he will get loads of stress, you may really feel it from the skin, you may learn it and listen to it,” Lammens mentioned. “However I feel he does his greatest and he tries to maintain the stress on him and never on the group, he takes the stress off us and that’s what loads of nice managers do.”
