Martial now has scored five goals in his Manchester United career, which began in September following his arrival from French club Monaco in a Ksh5.
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The Dutchman disagrees, arguing enough chances are being created but that the pressure of finishing needs to be coped with and that Scholes’s complaint over how little Rooney was involved in the derby against Manchester City as a centre-forward was misplaced.
“But I have said that before so I can not repeat myself, otherwise it shall be [headlines of] ‘Van Gaal asks for time again!'”
“Until now there is always progress, it’s always progress”.
He said: “Yes, I would consider it but not only for Wayne”. He is our captain and an example for the whole team.
“I really wish them good luck in the week because it’s very important for the Premier League that they pursue and do well in the Champions League”, he added. No, it is not true. It is only a moment in the process.
Rooney has found the net just twice in the Premier League this term and has seen his form deteriorate badly in recent weeks.
“Players are human beings and they want to score goals but maybe they want it too much and maybe then the choices are not always good”, he said after the weekend goalless draw with Crystal Palace.
“Every team is going to go through a period where they don’t score goals and are going to be unlucky”.
“I know that when I shall lose and lose and lose then I shall be finished, but I shall be doing everything with this club because these fans are unbelievable”.
Van Gaal switched his team around in the second half but the introduction of Ashley Young, Marouane Fellaini and Jesse Lingaard, as well as moving Anthony Martial into a more central role, failed to inspire his team to end their goalless run. “So it shall be very hard but still we try to score goals”.
“We have two consecutive games at Old Trafford and the one this Tuesday is nearly a final”, Mata said. “We now have a dip in our results and we have to come out of the dip”.
“He was obviously a target for them to slow him down and I don’t think he got a lot of protection from the referees”.
“The fans have to support the players”.
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“In fact I told my own team that should have been highlighted by a few of our senior players, because he was targeted today”.
