Senne Lammens couldn’t have requested for a stronger begin to life at Manchester United, however the Belgian goalkeeper is holding 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 point out their appreciation, serenading him with chants of ‘Are you Schmeichel in disguise?’ after he saved 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 largest fixtures, Lammens admitted it had been a whirlwind few weeks.
“It’s quite a bit. I attempt to hold my finest family and friends shut and the remaining is a bit of out of doors noise,” he stated. “In the mean time it’s going good so it’s all reward, however I’m practical to know if it goes not so good will probably be all dangerous feedback. It’s a very good feeling once you get the reward and in addition with the wins.”
The consequence 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 keen to keep up that momentum.
“We’ve tasted it and we wish extra. This isn’t the tip station, we simply must hold going,” he stated. “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 a giant 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, notably for the best way he has dealt with exterior criticism.
“Because the coach he will get a variety of strain, you’ll be able to really feel it from the surface, you’ll be able to learn it and listen to it,” Lammens stated. “However I believe he does his finest and he tries to maintain the strain on him and never on the crew, he takes the strain off us and that’s what a variety of nice managers do.”