Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is tired of coming from behind to win games and wants his side to focus on notching up more clean sheets.
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The England international's call for improvement comes despite the Red Devils presently sitting at the Premier League summit.
Their 3-1 victory over QPR at Old Trafford on Saturday coupled with Manchester City's goalless draw at Chelsea on Sunday ensured they leapfrogged their crosstown rivals into top spot.
But once again Alex Ferguson's charges failed to keep a clean sheet, meaning they have kept one clean sheet in 13 league games thus far this season.
And Rooney wants United to stop allowing opposition teams a sniff.
"Clean sheets are the foundation we hope for, we know we have players who can score goals and win us games," said the 27-year-old.
"If we can get a clean sheet, then I'm sure we can get them at the other end and win games.
"As a team, we've played some good stuff at times but we've also ground results out as well. To lose three games this early is something we need to put right.
"We're lucky that we've won all the other games and not drawn any. It means we're still in a good position in the league.
"So we need to make sure we are full focused now and try to kick on, try to go on a good run.
"I don't know why it is but it's happening too many times," Rooney said, referring to United's inability to not concede.
"We need to just go out now and try to get the early goal. As soon as we get a goal, the team settles down and the game settles.
"We tend to take control of the game. But more often than not we've conceded first and made it hard for ourselves to try to get back in the game then go on and win it."
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