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Scholes prepared 'to win every game'

Paul Scholes has said a 100% win record is required from Manchester United for the rest of the season to take the Premier League title © Getty Images

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Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has targeted 12 wins from 12 remaining Premier League games, a feat the veteran says he believes is required if the club are to successfully defend their title.

United snatched a victory at Norwich on Sunday with a last-gasp Ryan Giggs goal to maintain the pressure on rivals and league leaders Manchester City, who they trail by just two points.

Scholes believes nothing less than a 100% record in the run-in for the title - in which United and City face off at the City of Manchester Stadium in late April - will be sufficient to see them through to a 20th league crown.

"Getting three points instead of one is a big difference," said Scholes after the win at Norwich. "We realise we might have to win every game to win the league but we are ready and prepared to do that.

"There was no doubt we had to win (at Norwich) and we might not have done after they equalised. There was a chance we could have lost a second goal as well. But we need to win games. There is no point drawing matches and we threw everyone forward as we will do in any games."

The 37-year-old, who has collected ten Premier League winners' medals during his time at United, also paid tribute to team-mate Giggs after the midfielder marked his 900th appearance for the club with a crucial goal.

"It is amazing just to play that amount of games for a top club," commented Scholes. "It is a great achievement from him and he is still going strong as he proved throughout the game. Thankfully he got us the winner. It is an amazing story. It was almost as if it was written for him. 900 games is amazing for a club like United to do it at this level is even better. To win us the game after they equalised was a great day for him and the team. Ryan saved us."

Scholes also had some words of encouragement for a less experienced colleague, in the shape of goalkeeper David de Gea.

"David de Gea was great," he added. "He has made some great saves. He has come out and taken some good crosses and held on to everything as well. When you have a keeper playing like that it gives the back four and all the team a lot of confidence."

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