It’s claimed that Van Gaal needed to beat both Stoke and Chelsea over the festive period to hold onto his job, and bookmakers Paddy Power are already preparing for the end of the Dutchman’s tenure at Old Trafford.
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Rooney was brought on for the hapless Depay at half-time but, although United did improve in the second half, they were unable to produce a comeback and avoid losing four games in a row in the same season for the first time since 1961. “We need to do better, it’s as simple as that”, midfielder Michael Carrick said after the Stoke game.
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A day after British astronaut Tim Peake displayed a Stoke flag on the International Space Station, the central England team was in a different orbit to United in the first half.
Attempting to knock the ball back to his goalkeeper David de Gea with a diving header, Memphis only succeeded in gifting the ball to Glen Johnson who crossed for Bojan to stab home.
At the final whistle Van Gaal gave a brief wave to the travelling fans. Bojan’s set piece struck the United wall, but after the ball dropped for Arnautovic 20 yards from goal, the Austrian lashed a swerving shot beyond the reach of De Gea.
United dominated possession following Rooney’s introduction and were denied a route back into the game as Butland produced an excellent point-blank save to thwart Marouane Fellaini after the Belgian had met the England skipper’s low delivery.
United was spared further misery before the interval when Arnautovic ran onto Krkic’s throughball but missed the target with his shot.
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“You can say we can quickly get over this defeat by playing against Chelsea, but in the time in between, you have to recover because the players have given everything”, Van Gaal told MUTV. The game though was won by the time the second goal went in, and all the home side needed to do was weather a mild storm in order to secure three points.
