Young believes United are close to kicking on following Leicester win

Manchester United captain Ashley Young believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaers side are very close to gelling and kicking on.The season-opening shellacking of Chelsea proved a false dawn for the Old Trafford faithful, with draws at Wolves and Southampton book-ending an embarrassing home loss to Crystal Palace.But United put that concerning start to the Premier League behind them and got back to winning ways by seeing off previously unbeaten Leicester on Saturday afternoon.Marcus Rashfords penalty proved decisive for Manchester United against Leicester (Martin Rickett/PA)Marcus Rashfords early penalty was enough to seal a 1-0 win for Solskjaers injury-hit side and Young believes things are coming together after some unlucky results.I think were very close, he said.A lot was said after the Southampton game but, to be honest, I think they had two chances and one of them they scored from. It wasnt a bad performance. I didnt think it was a bad performance.Weve just got to gel things together, keep getting on the scoresheet and I think it could have been a different game today.If we had gone on and got a second goal after we got the first then it would have been totally different. But we had to show that resilience and that grit and that determination not to concede a goal and we did that today.Young was delighted to emerge from a tough game with three points and just Uniteds second clean sheet in 16 league matches.When you play as a defender, you want to keep a clean sheet and hope the boys up the top can go and get the goals, Young told BBC Radio 5 live.On days youre not going to play well and youre going to win games. On days youre going to play well and not win games.Theres going to be a balance and we just want to do the right things and keep applying ourselves the way we have this season.Harry Maguire helped keep a clean sheet against his old club (Martin Rickett/PA)Summer signings Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James showed more promising signs against the Foxes, while fellow new boy Harry Maguire performed admirably against the club he left in the summer for 80million.You know, I think the managers said about him, he talks non-stop, hes a real leader and he can play as well, Young added.The style of play we use, we use the centre-halves a lot to play out from the back and everybody has got confidence in him.And everybody has confidence in Victor (Lindelof), Jonah [Phil Jones], Marcos (Rojo) all the defenders, all the centre-backs can go in there and do the job.Again he showed today what a man he is, and I think as a backline we played a really good game.Leicesters Caglar Soyuncu drew praise from manager Brendan Rodgers (Martin Rickett/PA)The main objective was to get three points and thats what we did.Brendan Rodgers echoed Youngs sentiments, calling Maguire a good guy and a top-class player despite Leicesters travelling fans letting their anger at his departure known.Caglar Soyuncu has stepped up the plate impressively since the England internationals exit but was guilty of the foul that allowed Rashford to wrap up victory from the spot.Listen, that happens with young players, Leicester boss Rodgers said. They make mistakes.Hes been fantastic stepping in from when Harry went. I thought apart from that he was really dominant in the game today and played well.But this is the nature of it. Theres lots of young players in the squad, theyll make mistakes, so well help them get over that and make sure the confidence is ready through the week for the next game.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){

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