"Since I came to the club the fans have been magnificent," Forlan said. "It is really good and it makes you want to improve and to do better things.
"The people seem to want to make me score whenever I come on."
The Old Trafford crowd were willing Forlan to take the penalty against Maccabi Haifa, and the United striker stepped up to slot the ball into the corner of the net.
With Uruguay not in action, the international break has probably come at a bad time, just as Forlan had found his scoring touch, but he explained how he has put in extra time on the training ground.
"I am doing my best in training and I want to have the chance to keep going and try to score."
"Some people can say good things and some people say other things.
"The great thing is the staff and myself know whether I am doing things wrong or not. Since I came here people have been very kind and have treated me with a lot of respect."
Does this sudden bout of the brown-nosing signal that he has had his arse kicked?