believes ’s failures this season have not been helped by all the uncertainty around the manager’s position at Old Trafford.
Current boss was drafted in as interim head coach back in November after Ole Gunnar-Solskjaer was sacked.
However, under Rangnick, United’s fortunes haven’t improved much, with the side languishing in fifth place and desperately trying to salvage a top-four finish.
The Red Devils hope to have a new man in charge by the summer but midfielder Matic thinks not having somebody permanent at the helm this season has had a significant impact on their form.
Speaking to , he said: ‘There is a pressure on us but we have to know how to deal with that and to perform in the best way.
‘For players sometimes, if you know the manager is not here next season, it is not easy when you change manager. Every new manager needs some time to work on it and we are trying to do what he wants from us. In some games we did that well, in some games not great.
‘When the players think the manager is only here for a few months it is not easy for him. But we are all professionals we need to follow his ideas because it is good for him, good for us and good for a club.
‘We have to be honest and say that every player has to do more. We have to better as a team, there is no more excuse and the last nine games we have to win seven or eight.’
United currently sit four points behind fourth placed Arsenal who have a game in hand on the Manchester giants.
At the start of the season, the summer signings of Raphael Varane, and were supposed to herald a new era at Old Trafford. But a resurgence hasn’t materialised.
‘It’s hard for me,’ said Matic. ‘What I can say is we are unhappy with the season and we have to do much better. When you play for Man Utd you need to win trophies and this season we didn’t do it.’
United are set to go five years without a trophy after bowing out of both domestic cups this season and losing to Atletico Madrid in the last-16 of the Champions League.
The Manchester club last tasted glory in 2017 when they beat Ajax in the Europa League final.
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