Also, Vardy wreaked havoc the last time the two teams met as he marked his first Premier League start by making four goals and scoring the other as the Foxes beat United 5-3 in September past year.
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Louis van Gaal expects Jamie Vardy will be a “nasty” problem for Manchester United to tackle when they head to Leicester this evening.
But United’s approach is not typical of Louis van Gaal’s sides from the past, such as the great Ajax team of the 1990s who swept all before them with a brand of football that was seen as light years ahead of the game. Players of his age need to play and I can imagine that fans are saying that this is ridiculous, they have difficulties to score, but that is a short-term thought.
“I only know, for example, Dennis Bergkamp as a player with me did the same with Ajax and that is not so easy”, he said. “I don’t want to give the honour to answer this question because it is too much honour for the one who says things”.
The United manager, who has won league titles in Germany, Spain and the Netherlands, said the spending power of Premier League clubs meant there was a less of a quality gap between the elite teams and their pursuers.
“And in the second half we didn’t show enough composure on the ball, they changed their system and made it hard for us and we failed to adapt to that”.
On Wednesday, Manchester United left their hopes of progressing to the Champions League knockout phase teetering in the balance heading into the final round of fixtures after a drab goalless draw at home with PSV Eindhoven.
“We have to think what is better for a player like Wilson at the moment”.
The 28-year-old will also break the Premier League’s consecutive scoring record – which he shares wit Ruud van Nistelrooy – if he nets in his 11th straight game against Manchester United – with Leicester top of the table. “You may think and criticise players or a team or a manager, but you have to do that with arguments, and not as a person”, van Gaal said.
The concern with Tottenham is that they had a long away trip to play in the Europa League on Thursday night and have the early kick-off slot tomorrow. “It was like that last season and even more so now. I am very satisfied with him”, the Dutchman said, while refusing to be drawn on Keane’s comments.
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The Foxes are having a great season, and they deserve all the plaudits they are getting right now.
