Bruno Fernandes has spoken about Manchester United's top-four chances following their 0-0 draw with Watford in Saturday's Premier League clash.
The result leaves Ralf Rangnick's side just two points ahead of Arsenal, who have played three fewer league matches than their rivals.
The Gunners recorded a crucial last-gasp 2-1 win against Wolves at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday night, two weeks after winning 1-0 at Molineux thanks to a Gabriel Magalhaes strike.
Now, Fernandes has admitted his frustrations with the draw at Old Trafford, with United registering 68% possession as well as 22 shots across 90 minutes as they failed to find a way past Ben Foster.
"As I said many times, we dropped points for the third [position], that’s the main point for us, we could be one step closer to them," he told MUTV via our sister title Manchester Evening News.
"But now is not the time to start thinking how many we should have or how many points we will have at the end, we need to look to the next game."
United's next game is against local rivals Manchester City and the Portuguese international admitted that the Red Devils are desperate to win against the current league leaders.
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When discussing the derby, he added: “It’s one of the games you know what it means to the city and the fans, for the club and ourselves, it’s one of the games you want to win at all costs."
Meanwhile, the Gunners will travel to Vicarage Road on Sunday afternoon to play the aforementioned Hornets, who they defeated 1-0 in the reverse fixture thanks to a goal from Hale End academy graduate Emile Smith Rowe.
