Manchester United need more “good players” to challenge for title, says Nemanja Matic

Nemanja Matic is confident Manchester United can compete for trophies next season with some high-quality additions to the squad.

A first-half penalty given away by Phil Jones after he brought down Eden Hazard led to United coming up short in the FA Cup final on Saturday as they were defeated 1-0 by Chelsea.

The Red Devils were runners-up for the second time this season after they also finished second in the Premier League behind rivals Manchester City.

Despite coming away with no silverware this term, Matic is confident United can make a serious run for the title next season if they go on a spending spree in the summer.

"I think with a few more good players in the squad we can fight for the title, of course, and I'm sure we will do it," said the Serbia international (via Goal).

United were unlucky not to get back into the match at Wembley as they enjoyed 63% of the possession and had 18 attempts on goal.

On United's performance against his former club at Wembley, Matic added: "I don't know what we did wrong but we had one mistake when we conceded the goal, but I think that we played good football for 90 minutes.

"I think that we deserved more but this is football, one mistake and sometimes you can lose the game and this is what has happened to us.

"I'm not disappointed, we tried, obviously we tried but we played against a very good squad, the defence is very organised, it's not easy to create the chances. We had some that we didn't use. To win the game you have to score goals but as I said I think we deserve more."

No post-final talk from Mourinho

Matic says that Mourinho didn't speak to the squad after the defeat, but says that the manager recognised that they played good football.

He added: "We didn't speak with him but I think he saw the game in the same way, he saw that we played good football, especially the second half we controlled the ball all the time so he must be happy with how we played, how we organised in the game but of course, when you lose the game, we are not happy."

Matic will now be looking towards this summer's World Cup where he is likely to be part of Serbia's squad, with their first game against Costa Rica on June 17th in Group E.