Patrice Evra strikes out at Manchester United critics - The Independent

Full-back Patrice Evra will be pleased to apay the musiciana who acknowledges Manchester United's Barclays Premier League name victory. Although United dropped a couple of points at West Ham on Wednesday, they now only require six more from their remaining five games to close a 20th championship. With a house game against relegation-threatened Aston Villa looming on Monday and a Swansea team with nothing to play for due to visit Old Trafford the following month, the goal must certanly be reached easily enough without worrying about more tricky assignments against Arsenal and Chelsea. And that, in Evra's view, will be enough to silence the critics who feel this really is well lacking a vintage United group. "You need certainly to take the criticism," he explained. "But in France we say we pay the artist at the end of the show. "I trust we are going to be spending this year." Seemingly though, Evra is irritated at what he feels is really a repeated refusal to accept United's personality. Twice they fought from behind to secure a precious stage at Upton Park - in a throwback to the first weeks of the campaign, when United again and again fought their in the past from losing jobs. Against Villa in November, United were two goals down five full minutes into the second-half. Yet they still appeared with maximum points thanks to Javier Hernandez's late champion. Wins like that are the cause United have established this type of fine benefit over Manchester City and probably enables the Blues to be repelled by them, despite their new impressive kind. But Evra has noticed the Red Devils' recovery story is so old, it rarely creates a flicker of interest anymore. "Because it's Manchester United people do not give a lot to us of credit," said Evra. "They just say 'oh, okay, they fled, they went back .' "If it is still another team they say what great character they've, what a great team they are. "But we have not escaped. That is identity. This is personality. It is the main reason we are in the position we are. Anyone was not seen by "i with more character than this team." Pennsylvania