The Manchester United captain missed the trip to WBA with an illness.
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However, the visitors found their victor in stoppage time when Bastian Schweinsteiger pounced on a loose ball at the Watford byline and sent in a cross from a tight angle that Deeney accidentally sent into the back of the net for an own goal.
“We are going through a lousy period with injuries”, he said after the match.
“After the penalty, we created three chances in a row”. It was an injection, the equaliser. I think also the first half he played a very good game.
“I was very satisfied about our defensive organisation”.
“Of course we are fighting for the first position in the Premier League”.
As Van Gaal rightly admitted, the game should have been over long before Deeney gave Watford’s supporters hope. The United boss called out Memphis’ performances prior to the match and the Dutchman responded with his first goal since September and the WhoScored man of the match award (7.5 rating).
Made the right decision to start Memphis up front and it paid dividends, as the out of form forward scored a attractive goal. Every player needs a goal or a boost, especially Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin after the tragedy in Paris.
“We could make an important step to finish first in our group in the Champions League and we could climb to the top of the Premier League – this is how we face this new week”, Spain global Mata wrote on his blog for United’s official website.
PSV have struggled on their travels having already lost to Wolfsburg and CSKA in this campaign as they look to end a run that has not seen them win a pool-stage Champions League away game since 2007.
“I do expect that he shall play Wednesday”. A team who have won three consecutive Serie A titles and reached last season’s Champions League final. Especially today, with the wind and the pitch, it’s not easy. “We were really exhausted and we suffered a lot against Arsenal, so I wanted to stick with the players who have trained with us in the last ten days – except Odion Ighalo”. Big three points for us, team spirit #mufc – Ashley Young (@youngy18) November 21, 2015We didn’t show our best version in the 1st half but we gave it a good go in the 2nd.
Quique Sanchez Flores says there are four or five Watford players who deserve to play but haven’t had the chance because the current side are doing well.
Subs not used: Arlauskis, Oulare, Guedioura, Ibarbo, Diamanti. “Jones (twisted ankle) and Herrera (hamstring injury) are not available for Wednesday”.
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Subs not used: Romero, Darmian, Rashford, Goss.
