Casemiro: Manchester United midfielder breaks down 'difficult' form this season - 'I can't even sleep'

Manchester United midfielder Casemiro has said he has suffered sleepless nights thinking about the team's inconsistent form this season.

United have endured a turbulent campaign so far, having been dumped out of Europe in December after finishing bottom of their UEFA Champions League group.

Erik ten Hag's side are in sixth place in the Premier League and find themselves 11 points adrift of a top-four spot to qualify for next season's Champions League.

Casemiro has revealed that he is finding it difficult to deal with the team not fighting for major honours at the latter stages of the season.

"It's difficult. This is the point that bothers me most about not fighting for titles," Casemiro told ESPN Brazil.

"Being 20 points behind first place. Sometimes, I can't even sleep to try to think about doing something different. It's reality. There's no point in thinking about title or Champions League places, we need to think about today's games.

"We need to think about the day to day, we had the opportunity to get nine points in the last few games and we got two. We were upset. We have to think game by game and focus on the next match, against Bournemouth."

The Brazil international was involved in United's entertaining 2-2 draw against Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday.

He also featured in the 1-1 draw against Brentford and the dramatic 4-3 defeat at the hands of Chelsea last week where United dropped points from winning positions.

United's only chance of silverware this term comes in the FA Cup where they will meet Coventry in the semi-finals later this month, with a potential final against Manchester City or Chelsea in May.

Following the draw against Liverpool, Casemiro said he was glad with the way the team recovered from a poor first-half display and hopes they can improve in the future.

"The game [vs. Liverpool] was very fast-paced and well played," he added.

"We were playing against one of the leaders of the competition and who is going through a good moment. We responded well.

"Both teams had opportunities. The game was good. At home we are strong, but we played against a great team. We have to think about the next match."

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