Antony interview: ‘I’ve been to “Little Hell” and back but I won’t give up at Man Utd’

“I’ll show you these notes one day – and you’ll see the results this season,” Antony says as he gets up to leave at the end of an emotionally charged interview. At one point, discussing his childhood in the notorious Sao Paulo favela aptly nicknamed “Inferninho” or “Little Hell”, the Manchester United and Brazil winger has tears in his eyes and has to try hard to stop himself from breaking down. And so, after every game and every training session, Antony will find somewhere quiet and start scribbling his thoughts, observations, lessons and ideas and areas for improvement into this personal chronicle turned self-help guide. “How many shots I should be making in a game, why I can’t lose a ball, need to score goals and create assists, pass and dribble completions, as well as things about defensive performance.