With Manchester United two points off the Premier League summit, the question is whether Van Gaal will look down on Manchester’s Albert Square holding up the Premier League trophy to so many who doubted him.
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United has conceded the fewest goals in the league this season, and much of that can be attributed to the superb defensive organization of the team. “Okay, after Wednesday’s game we have more injuries, but we had three at the most [before that]”.”We really should have won it, we caused enough problems to have won it”, he said.”[In that match] we created many chances but did not finish”.
The Manchester United forward scored his first goal for the club in their win over West Bromwich Albion at the weekend, after a series of eye-catching display in recent weeks.
The Spaniard signed a new four-year contract and Van Gaal, who kept him out from first team action all summer, reinstated him in his first eleven as Manchester United’s number one goalkeeper.
After featuring in the youth teams throughout the campaign so far van Gaal revealed that despite not seeing him play much himself, a glowing report from Warren Joyce was enough to convince him that Borthwick-Jackson was ready to make the step up.
Put simply, it’s not been the start that United supporters were expecting. If anything, he has confirmed this season that he is the flawless “transition manager” for United, just as Claudio Ranieri was ideal for preceding Jose Mourinho’s first spell at Chelsea.
Dwight Yorke, a member of the club’s treble-winning team in 1999, said: “The legacy that Sir Alex (Ferguson) has left behind after 26 years has meant we’re used to seeing a certain type of football”.
The Dutchman banished Valdes to the reserves after claiming he had refused to play in the Under-21 side last season. You have a top-quality player there, so you would like to think there is a way of finding a system that will suit him. Van Gaal also needs to question why he continues to play the 30-year-old.
“To you guys (the press), he might seem a bit tough, but I think he’s a good guy and I think he wants what’s best for the club”.
Van Gaal, by his nature is a pragmatic coach, coaching by percentages and by a thorough authoritarian approach to his processes.
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“He is very methodical, and in the end things are going well for us”.
