David De Gea believes that Man Utd will be "back at the top" once again, though he is unsure when that will be.
Man Utd were eliminated from the Champions League following an underwhelming performance against Atletico Madrid at Old Trafford on Tuesday. The Premier League side lost 1-0 on the night, and 2-1 on aggregate in the last-16 tie.
"Difficult to describe with words how I feel, how we feel," said the Man Utd goalkeeper in a post-match press conference.
"It’s another tough moment for us. It wasn’t enough what we did to beat Atletico in two games. I think they’re an experienced team, they know how to play those games very well and it’s a very difficult moment for us.”
"It’s always tough when you go out of the Champions League, especially the way we did. We got a good draw in Madrid and then we play here with the fans.
"I don’t know if we should win this game, to be honest, but we don’t win the game and we’re out again, another bad year for us, so it’s very, very tough."
'Man Utd is going to be back at the top'
The English side have won only two of their last 15 matches in the Champions League knockout stages. Tuesday's defeated means they will go another season without a trophy.
"There are too many years without any trophies, even without fighting for trophies,” De Gea said.
"So I think we need to be clear we want to achieve good things, fight for trophies, we don’t just want to play for the top four and be there, get out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Something like this.
"So we need much more from everyone because this club is too big for where we are now. We are far from the fighting places for the Premier League, for the Champions League, so we need much more from everyone.”
"Of course we all want the best for the club, especially myself. I’ve been here many, many years.
"I love the club. You saw the fans today, they have been amazing in a difficult season again, so I really believe – I don’t know when – this club is going to be back at the top and we are going to be fighting for big things."
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