That is much more important than what we are talking about, me as a manager or lifting up the players.
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Despite the Reds’ poor form in Europe, Louis Van Gaal’s side are just three points behind Leicester City at the top of the Premier League table.
And Cherries striker Josh King, who used to play for United, then gave Eddie Howe’s team all three points after the visitors were once again caught out from a corner nine minutes after half-time, much to Van Gaal’s frustration. Bournemouth were unchanged from the signed that beat Chelsea and included ex-United youngster King.
United were dumped out of the Champions League on Tuesday night after losing 3-2 away to VFL Wolfsburg, and Ritchie believes Bournemouth will want the win more than their opponents.
While United appear to have lost the winning edge that underscored Sir Alex Ferguson’s years of success, the former Holland boss still believes he can bring glory back to Old Trafford. Of course, I am concerned because this is not usual for United.
At the other end United conceded after one minute and 47 seconds when David De Gea misjudged Junior Stanislas’ corner and flicked it over the head of Martial and in. Van Gaal’s tactics were yet again questioned as the Dutch manager substituted Juan Mata for Nick Powell, who hasn’t featured for United in quite a long time. “When I see that my players want to do everything that we ask, that is the most important thing, the cohesion between the manager the staff and the players”.
Louis van Gaal’s men didn’t make it to the round of 16 of this season’s Champions League.
“But you can not win every game and every year a title”.
A return of three wins from 12 games in all competitions, coupled with some turgid football, has seen Van Gaal come in for heavy criticism from fans and pundits, but he said his shoulders were broad enough to deal with it.
The Cherries won 2-1 at the Vitality Stadium – and deserved to claim the spoils – but, afterwards, Van Gaal said he was proud of how his injury-ravaged team performed just days after being eliminated from the Champions League.
“We are in a very hard position because of all the injuries and we have to play with a lot of youngsters”. You never can tell that because you have to speak to all the players because we have an organisation and all the players have to do their job.
“Also against Wolfsburg it was already the reason why we lost, so it’s a very strong lesson for us”.
Manchester United pushed to try and find a leveller, but lost Paddy McNair to injury as they slipped to defeat.
“The facts are this – we are out of the group stage, yes, I am very sorry”.
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“It will be an experience for most of their players, we will make it a tough day for them”.
