Wayne Rooney admits confidence at Manchester United is low after a nightmare month but says the players are "fighting" for Louis van Gaal in an attempt to turn the season around.
United have not won since they beat Watford on 21 November to go top of the Premier League.
A 3-2 defeat at Wolfsburg ended United's Champions League hopes and they sit nine points adrift of the Premier League leaders, Leicester City, in fifth place having failed to win any of their past four games.
United travel to Stoke on Boxing Day before back-to-back home games against Chelsea and Swansea.
"We haven't won games in the last few weeks so it's normal confidence will be a bit lower," Rooney told Sky Sports News HQ.
"We need to try to get it back because we've got some tough games coming up and need to be at our best to win them.