Daniel James hopes Manchester United can ease their Premier League pressure by winning in the Europa League.

The Red Devils sit tenth domestically after a poor start to the season.

They face AZ Alkmaar on Thursday after beating Astana in their opening group game, and James says another win could build momentum at the club.

"I've had my taste of the Premier League and now playing in Europe is always different," he told MUTV.

"Astana came to us and some people wrote them off before they played but they gave us a good game. I think you can never write these teams off. They wouldn't be in the competition if they weren't very good teams. Every game we play in Europe, we have got to be ready for it and prepare right.

"It was important to get off to a good start and it is another one where we have to go and win as it just takes the pressure off us, really. That comes with people expecting us to go through in the group, so to get two early wins would be great.

"As you see, when we score, we're all together and, when we concede, we're all together. It's so important. We've got a great group here and the team spirit is a massive part of it."