Robin van persie praised Manchester
United's team performance after they
beat Arsenal 1-0 to move within five
points of the Premier League leaders.
Van Persie scored the only goal at Old
Trafford against his former club but the
Dutchman insisted the victory was a team
performance.
"It was a massive win," he told MUTV.
"I always like to think positively but if you
think negatively for one second, we could
have been 11 points behind, which would
have been dramatic.
"I don't think you can beat a team like
that with just a couple of individuals
playing well. You need to be strong as a
team. That is what we did.
"Everyone closed everyone down. If you
look at Patrice Evra, every header or
50-50 challenge, he went for it. The back
four did it. Even the front players did it.
That makes a difference."
The goal was not the best of his career,
with the ball looping over Kieran Gibbs
and into the net from a combination of
head and shoulder after he had got on
the end of Wayne Rooney's corner.
But Van Persie insists the end result was
all that mattered in a game they needed
to win to keep in touch with Arsene
Wenger's side.
"It was a good corner from Wazza," he
added.
"I headed it but then it took a touch off
my shoulder, then it went in.
"It didn't really matter whether it went in
off my head or my shoulder. I am very
happy with that head-shoulder goal."
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