United, a point behind leaders Wolfsburg in the group, need a win to guarantee qualification, but could also go through if Eindhoven lose at home to CSKA Moscow in the group’s other game or if both matches are drawn.
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United have come under heavy criticism as they continue to struggle for goals, but Schurrle knows that his side can not underestimate a Red Devils side that possesses world class players. You can not expect that a 20-year-old, in his first year in the Premier League, scores every week. If we would finish our chances in the games, we would now be maybe number one in the Premier League and have five or six points more so nobody would ask about this.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is confident his team will start scoring goals again and has defended his decision over the sale of a number of strikers during his reign at Old Trafford.
“You need to score, otherwise you can not win, and it is very frustrating, also for the players because they want to score”.
And Wolfsburg’s former Chelsea forward Andre Schurrle says it is important to score first against United to boost their chances of avoiding another defeat.
Van Gaal concedes dropping into the Europa League would be a big blow for the three-time European Champions. It’s only important that we show United that we can eliminate them.
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“The question is would Luis Suarez or Sergio Aguero score if they were here?”
Louis van Gaal insists he still has the support of Manchester United’s frustrated fans despite claiming he can’t understand their plea for more attacking football during a dour 0-0 draw against West Ham. Until now we haven’t seen the best of Schweinsteiger, the player I saw at Bayern Munich.
“If we can get it, then psychologically it will be good for us because we’ll get a little bit more space”, said the 25-year-old Germany worldwide.
United were booed off following their sixth goalless draw of the season on Saturday, but Van Gaal hopes he will not have to rely on CSKA pulling off a shock win over PSV to qualify on Tuesday.
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“I believe that in every match we have played he could have played better”, said Van Gaal.
