Senne Lammens’ start to his Manchester United career could hardly have gone any better, but the Belgian is not getting carried away.
Having completed an £18million deadline-day move from Royal Antwerp, he spent three matches on the bench before making his debut in the win over Sunderland immediately before the international break.
The Stretford End sang “Are you Schmeichel in disguise?” after the 23-year-old kept a clean sheet and Lammens followed it up by helping United win 2-1 against Liverpool, their first victory at Anfield in almost 10 years.
Asked how it felt being thrust into the spotlight from the relative obscurity of the Belgian league, he said: “It’s a lot. I try to keep my best friends and family close and the rest is a bit of outside noise.
“At the moment it is going good so it is all praise, but I am realistic to know if it goes not so good it will be all bad comments.
“It’s a really good feeling when you get the praise and also with the wins.”
The win at Anfield was the first time since Ruben Amorim took over last November that United had won back-to-back league matches.
“We’ve tasted it and we want more,” said Lammens.
“This is not the end station, we just have to keep going.
“It was 10 seasons ago we won here, so that’s kind of special. Two in a row is also something we have been looking forward to to get the momentum going.
“That’s a big part of what the coach has been telling us this season – get momentum going.
“There have been some disappointments this season where we wanted to take momentum and we couldn’t, but this could be the start of some good momentum.”
Another solid performance from Senne
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