Evans gillar fotbollsruset under julhelgen
Julhelgen är oftast en lugn och fridfull tid för majoriteten, men för Jonny Evans innebär det mera matcher och träningar, något han dock gärna välkomnar.
Boxing Day är en stark tradition i England och den 26 december tar United emot Wigan hemma på Old Trafford, och fem dagar senare är det Blackburn som får åka till Manchester. Jonny Evans ser fram emot Wigans besök och avslöjar att han njuter av att träna på juldagen.
"It's a period we enjoy. You'd think we get annoyed because we don't get to spend Christmas with our family, but it's quite a nice feeling coming into training on Christmas morning. It's only a short and sharp session.
We have a game on Boxing Day and it's always a big day for the fans. It's a different sort of atmosphere – everybody's up for it. I remember going to Boxing Day games at Old Trafford as a fan and there was always something a bit special about it.
It's nice that we have two home games. I can remember in the past spending Christmas night travelling up to Sunderland, for instance. It's good to be at home and we don't have to leave the house until a bit later.
We want to finish off the year in a good way. Any game we play at home we expect to win – I don't think the fact that it's a Christmas game makes any difference."
Wigan ligger tredje sist i tabellen, men har under den senaste tiden spelat bra och vunnit mot Sunderland samt kryssat både mot Chelsea och Liverpool. Evans tar inget förgivet utan förväntar sig att Roberto Martinez mannar åker till Old Trafford för att göra sitt bästa.
"A few years ago [January 2009], we only beat Wigan 1-0 when we were going on a long run of clean sheets. It was a very tight game at Old Trafford. I know at the minute they're near the bottom of the league but they've had some decent results in the last few weeks and I think it will be tough.
When I used to watch as a fan I remember always thinking the away team never really tried to score. They'd just sit back and play one up front.
But I think there's been a bit of a shift in that philosophy in the last few years. Teams are coming here and thinking they may as well go for it. I think sometimes it's easier said than done. It's different when you get out onto that pitch – it's a big pitch and we're so dominant at home.
I still don't understand why going away from home has such a big effect on performances. But it does and, on the flip side, we're particularly good at home. Our home form last year at Old Trafford won us the league."
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