“I think they were well-organised – at times we were well organised”.
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“When you hear such good praise, especially from Wazza (Rooney) and the manager, you just want to show them that it’s not just words that are meaningless”, Smalling said, quoted by the Telegraph. He loves the 1-2 play, the link up play with the midfield and attack, the basic reason he drops deep into midfield to spread the ball in all areas and not stay upfront in attack.
Wayne Rooney is hoping that for his Manchester United testimonial match United’s opponents for the match will be his former side Everton.
The teenage Brazilian midfielder netted with an excellent free-kick and said: “I hope I get another opportunity”. “We had our moments and played very good, but in the end, you have to score”.
“He wanted to play with a lot of creativity, a lot of freedom and, at times, risk, but now under Louis van Gaal it’s much more calculated”. I prefer to play in another way but we defended well.
“I think we probably edged it overall with the chances we had in the second half”. It was only the third goalless Manchester derby in the 23 years of the Premier League and the first time in 13 Manchester derbies in all competitions that there was no victor.
Not getting those two extra points is indeed a great opportunity gone by the wayside as Manchester City came to Old Trafford missing key players such as Sergio Aguero.
Although the England worldwide felt United were “disappointed” not to win, he reflected on a positive display from the team in a cagey contest – particularly in the second half.
“We knew it would be hard work today, three days after the last game, but we didn’t create enough chances”, Klopp said.
Van Gaal also confirmed that Antonio Valencia has picked up a foot injury during the game, potentially ruling him out of Wednesday’s League Cup tie against Middlesbrough.
“If you can’t win it, then don’t lose it by not concentrating”.
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“But I have said at half-time we can also shoot from outside the box, you don’t have to combine in the 16-metre area”.
