The 20-times English champions have traditionally been associated with swashbuckling attacking football, but apart from a brief flurry after the break when Van Gaal brought his captain Wayne Rooney off the bench, they were woefully short of belief or leadership.
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Without a victory in any of their last six matches in all competitions, it is United’s worst winless run in a single season since December 1998, the campaign in which they went on to win an historic treble.
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But, despite rumours of discord over his methods within the United dressing room, Rooney said the players were firmly behind the manager.
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“We started too late to play our football”, Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri told Sky Sports.
Earlier, Van Gaal’s job had come under scrutiny following his side’s 1-2 defeat at home against Norwich City in Premier League.
The team have more testing clashes coming up, including a tricky away trip to Stoke and a fascinating match up with Chelsea at Old Trafford.
“We all have families and sometimes things get written, which is not nice for your family to see”. But it’s all part of being a footballer these days.
“You’re getting sacked in the morning”, the home fans sang, not showing much originality but probably venturing close to the truth.
He added: “There have been many players who signed for Manchester United and just couldn’t deal with the expectation”.
There was always an expectation that we were going to win.
“Second half we were in a losing position and we can give everything more easily and that we have done but then you have to score the first chance”. Stoke City have won against Manchester City, for example, and it’s a special ground.
Van Gaal is now living on borrowed time, but with the successor to his throne still to be clearly decided he may well be given a little bit longer to try to turn around United’s ailing fortunes. Rooney knows that United have to get stronger if they are to overcome these and prove the doubters wrong.
“You are always missing good players”, City manager Manuel Pellegrini said.
“As a group of players we know can do better and we regularly have meetings with the players, myself and the other senior players in the squad, and the manager as well. I’m working hard to improve that and try and do my best for the team”. The last few games, the results, haven’t been good enough.
The result left United in sixth place after 18 games, having taken just two points out of the last available 15.
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And the Dutchman took the controversial decision to drop Rooney from his starting XI for the game at Stoke on Boxing Day.
