I have always set my own aims and I think that I have set my last aim also. I don’t go along with that.
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When then asked if it is hard for a manager who stays a long time at a club to ensure players do not get bored of him or stop listening, Van Gaal said: “It is not like that – certainly not with me, because my selections are never the same”.
The on shining light for Mata would be the fact that he is getting better as the games go by and come the end of the season, he could be giving United a lot more and pushing them in the right direction.
Manchester City have a number of key players still on the sidelines ahead of this match, and there are question marks over David Silva and Yaya Toure, both of whom were hauled off the pitch during last night’s Champions League game against Gladbach.
Wenger was frustrated at what he sees as a lack of proper match analysis by the media. The team is three points behind leader United after seven games. I heard one pundit criticise one thing and everyone followed that. “It is quite boring because nobody came out with numbers of this game where the game was won and lost”, the Gunners boss continued.
“He has also selected (United defender) Phil Jones, who still needs minutes, so I am happy he can do that with the England squad”.
“We learn from victory and we learn from defeat”, he said.
Newcastle have conceded goals in every game bar one in the top flight, which was a goalless draw with Manchester United, but there was optimism last weekend when they took on out-of-form Chelsea at St James’ Park. “We have just come from a big win at Leicester and we want to continue our run”.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has revealed that key centre-back Laurent Koscielny will be missing for the next three weeks through injury, the Daily Express reports.
The news that the France global could be out for a few weeks is more bad news for an under-pressure Wenger, especially with the likes of Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Flamini, Tomas Rosicky and Danny Welbeck all out injured too.
This week marked the 19th anniversary of Wenger’s arrival at Highbury.
“I always do what I have said”.
“I said in advance I wanted to coach the Dutch national team, and I was invited”.
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“You have to believe always in this”, the 64-year-old said.
