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Man Utd ace Van Persie: I feel I'm getting back to my best

Manchester United striker Robin van Persie says he feels in good shape after victory at Southampton.

Van Persie struck both goals for United in the 2-1 win.

"I've been feeling very well over the last couple of weeks," the goalscorer revealed. "Physically, I can make my runs over and over again. I had a feeling that it was coming. Last week, I was thinking against Stoke that I had a really good feeling; I was feeling fit. Although I had a good feeling, not everything came together in that game. Today, overall, we can be happy and I can be happy as well. I can play 90 minutes easy and every time it gets easier - tonight as well. I could keep going in the last minutes and that's what you want. Then the goals, assists and wins will come. I just have to keep it going and play more.

"In these games, it is a quality to bring it (the victory) over the line. After my second goal, we still had to play 25 minutes against a very good side. You know they (Southampton) will get chances because they're a good team, but we did well. We had a fantastic 'keeper, a great back four - or five - today and I think we did ever so well."

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