Premier League: Kagawa admits concern at lack of first team football

Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa has admitted he is concerned about his lack of regular first-team football at Manchester United and says it is affecting his form for the Japanese national team as well. Japan had two friendly losses to Serbia and Belarus this week and Kagawa admitted he played poorly. The Japanese midfielder has started just three games for United this season under new manager David Moyes. He was taken off at half-time during the recent defeat at home to West Brom. "There's a matter of fitness and there's also that atmosphere of playing for my country," Kagawa said. "It's different from the atmosphere at United, but you still get a good feel for being on the pitch when you play regularly. Maybe it's because I'm not used to being on the pitch of late, but I didn't feel like I was able to enter these two games properly. During tough times like these I have to improve myself. Personally, I felt strongly after these two matches (against Serbia and Belarus) that I need to play more and, as a team, there are many things we need to do. We all need to go back to our European or J-League clubs and take what we learned in these two matches and work to fix those problems." Manchester United take on Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday, here are the odds at Bet365: Manchester United win - 8/15 Draw - 3/1 Southampton - 5/1