Paul Pogba Discusses Manchester United Ambition After 2-1 Win vs. Crystal Palace

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba still believes his team can challenge for the Premier League title despite trailing leaders Chelsea by 13 points.

The Frenchman played a starring role as the Red Devils beat Crystal Palace 2-1 on Wednesday, scoring himself in the first period and then laying on Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s late winner. Afterwards, Pogba spoke about the team’s ambitions for the rest of the season and refused to put a ceiling on them, per SFR Sport (h/t Ian Holyman of ESPN FC):

We don’t want to be in the top four, we want to be at the top.

But to get there, we have to take that step first. We’re going to keep working and not give up on anything.

We have to continue on our good run as we did in the Europa League and with Tottenham last week. We have to keep going. Chelsea are putting games together. To be at the top, you have to put together games, put together wins. We’re in a good spell, we have to keep it going.

It’s an audacious claim from Pogba, especially looking at how the top of the Premier League table shapes up:

After failing to find his best form in the early weeks of the season following a world-record transfer from Juventus, Pogba has slowly started to add consistency to his game.

Indeed, not only did he make two crucial contributions in the final third at Selhurst Park …

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