“I am always having confidence and when the players perform in this way, I have confidence”, said Van Gaal, as his complimented his players on their display.
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“I’ve come from United, I spent a lot of time there”, King reflected on Sky Sports.
“I know that my words will not comfort you very much, but I must tell you that in these moments, the support you give even after such disappointments makes this club special”.
Southampton has failed to win any of its past four games, while Palace is unbeaten in three and is challenging for a top-four place in what could be a breakthrough season in Alan Pardew’s first full campaign back in charge of the team.
BEING a die-hard fan of Manchester United for over a decade, I am certainly not used to the club finishing the season on a flat.
Reflecting on the defeat, the 64-year-old revealed that his players were very disappointed as they did everything possible to win the match against Bournemouth.
Bournemouth secured the win through goals from Junior Stanislas and Joshua King while Marouane Fellani pulled one back for the Red Devils.
“But there was no doubt once I’d spoken to him that I was going to play him today”.
The 11 players who lost to Bournemouth were not a team, rather a load of youngsters, fringe players and the odd first choice player, thrown together.
“Then the set play causes the second goal of Bournemouth and you can not accept as a player or a manager”.
In contrast to Van Gaal’s United team, Eddie Howe and Bournemouth are enjoying unprecedented league glory, with this result following last week’s victory at the home of the reigning champions, Chelsea.
“Also against Wolfsburg it was already the reason why we lost, so it’s a very strong lesson for us”.
United have now gone five Barclays Premier League games without a victory, their worst run in a single season since 1998/99 – where Sir Alex Ferguson ended up leading them to the “Treble” of league title, FA Cup and Champions League crown.
Now the beleaguered Dutch boss has called on his men to see off Norwich, Stoke and Chelsea before the turn of the year to keep their title hopes alive. Especially not after you get eliminated from a UEFA Champions League group the Old Trafford outfit should have blasted through.
“It is very disappointing because, in spite of the early goal, we came on very well in the match, scored an equaliser and we created more chances to score a second goal”.
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But Louis van Gaal says he has “no doubts” about his position and that his side must now try to win the Europa League.
