The problems are stacking up for under-pressure United manager Louis van Gaal in his second season in charge of England’s biggest club. It’s already very hard because my players are very disappointed, they have done everything but they have lost.
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But the former Barcelona manager asserted that the Old Trafford faithful should realise that the days when the club won the treble under Fergusson are long gone and Manchester United are no longer the formidable force they once were. “But that’s the past”. Although the United goalkeeper has been one of Van Gaal’s most-consistent performers, his rare misjudgement came at an unfortunate time with the squad’s morale low.
Marouane Fellaini equalized but more embarrassment for United at a 54th-minute corner handed Bournemouth victory, with Josh King finding himself in lots of space to turn in a shot from a pre-planned corner routine. I think you can also say that there were a lot of positive things.
Van Gaal was reacting to questions fielded by journalist about his team’s inability to progress out of their Champions League group stage.
Left-back Borthwick-Jackson, 18, was handed a first Premier League start in an inexperienced back-four that highlighted the spate of injuries that have affected Van Gaal’s plans.
He added: “Of course it’s disappointing if you lose two matches in a row in an important week, so now we have to stay there in a position to keep fighting”.
In a thrilling match on Tuesday, Manchester United lost 3 – 2 at Wolfsburg in the last round of the group games.
But if United fans were looking for a rallying cry from their manager in the wake of the humbling defeat, they did not get one. We scored the goals; then they are cancelling [out our] goals.
The English Premier League table has Manchester City, Leicester City, Arsenal and Manchester United leading the EPL standings heading into Sunday, while teams like Tottenham, Everton, Liverpool and Chelsea are looking to make up ground this weekend.
Van Gaal remained on the offensive. “Next year, all the clubs in the Premier League have a bigger budget than most of the clubs in Europe”. The bottom three teams are Newcastle, Sunderland and Aston Villa. But I have done everything I could, as have my players and my board.
“The problem is that we have to meet the expectations and the expectations at a club like Manchester United are very high, and that’s our problem”. The Cherries shocked the football world by defeating Premier League champions, Chelsea, 1-0.
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“To be honest I didn’t really enjoy playing when Van Gaal was there”. Much is expected from Depay and Martial, but they’ve been blowing hot and cold throughout the first part of the season and need to elevate their game. The facts are saying that we are better than previous year, so that’s my answer because I can only give facts.
