The United hierarchy briefed journalists last weekend to say they are happy with van Gaal and that they aren’t interested in Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola whose contract with the Bundesliga side expires at the end of the season. There were few leaders.
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“The facts do say we are better than previous year”. And the former Everton player conceded United’s defending in Germany was not good enough either. For Van Gaal, it warps the expectations regarding his project at United, which despite a humiliating exit in Wolfsburg does possess hints of minor success. They crash out of the champions league after a diabolic defensive performance, leaving me wondering if a United team under Sir Alex Ferguson, would ever fail to qualify out of a group like the one United were in. Goodnight x – StrettyNews.com (@StrettyNews) December 9, 2015Now I have to readjust my life to accommodate Europa League scheduling.
“Disaster for them last night”, said Keane.
“But when you see the facts, we went further in the Capital One Cup, qualified for the Champions League group stage, we have played all these matches and are still in a very good position in the league”.
“When you see the circumstances in which we had to play with a lot of injuries and also the last 15-20 minutes with 10 players (with Chris Smalling struggling from a groin injury) you have to analyse that also”, he said.
United crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday night after losing their final group game against Wolfsburg in Germany and Keane has offered a predictably harsh assessment of their efforts.
“You’ve got to give even an experienced player like him time to adapt to a new league”, Low added. “They’ve spent so much money it is untrue”. Obviously fans won’t be happy about being knocked out of Europe’s elite competition, but they were never really likely to threaten in the latter stages of the tournament.
The league needs as many entertaining teams as it can get, but swashbuckling Stoke is a step too far. In Seville, Fernando Llorente’s 65th-minute goal guided the Spaniards past Juve and enabled them to pip Gladbach into third, ensuring Unai Emery’s men will have a chance to land a third consecutive Europa League crown.
So who do United need to to provide them goals week in, week out?
Tottenham have had a long-standing interest in Dembele, but United have joined them in monitoring the 19-year-old. It was a wonderful moment, and one that will surely show up on highlight reels set to terrible music for the rest of his career, and it was one of many positive moments Draxler had during the game. It is hard for us and we are disappointed.
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Even though the new Premier League TV packages have Friday fixtures built in, it is understood that the game’s leading clubs will not figure heavily in such scheduling, given that time differences with the American and Asian markets work against evening kick-offs on a weekday.
