“There is not any reason to resign for me”, said Van Gaal, who brought up that possibility after the 2-0 loss at Stoke on Saturday. But I am am fully confident in the board and more importantly in my players.
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However, the administration added that isolated attacks and suicide bombings by the militants can not immediately be ruled out. Twenty people have been killed and 90 others injured in a bomb explosion at a mosque in northern Nigeria, officials say.
United dominated the majority of the first half and Hiddink was forced into a reactionary tinkering with his tactics, dropping back and giving the defence more cover and trying to eliminate what he saw as too much space for United’s midfielders.
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The severe weather caused 2100 flights to be cancelled Monday and 3700 to be delayed, flight tracking service FlightAware said. Monday wasn’t off to a great start either, with more than 200 incoming and outgoing flights canceled by 9:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m.
United’s board, led by executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, are under pressure to sack Van Gaal, with fans demanding the 64-year-old goes.
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The prime minister also urged the general public to change the way the physically challenged people are being addressed by them. These included Pakistan’s reach-out to Kashmiri separatists that derailed talks a year ago and the issue of terrorism.
“I have a contract, it’s not a question of staying, it’s fulfilling my contract”. “And I am looking always from my point of view and that can be not the right view”. It’s normal to see the character and desire of the players, but they have shown a lot of ambition in the last three games.
“The fans have supported us very much, most of the fans were applauding, they liked the performance”.
“We have to keep focused on only football and try to win the games ahead”.
Chelsea, playing their second game under interim manager Guus Hiddink after Jose Mourinho’s sacking, wasted the game’s best opportunity midway through the second half when Nemanja Matic raced clean through before blazing the ball wildly over.
Asked about the constant media speculation over his job, Van Gaal told BT Sport: “I can not have any influence on that”.
Anthony Martial hit the post for Manchester United with a low drive which beat the goalkeeper and Wayne Rooney should have scored from a Memphis Depay cross.
“The players have experienced a very bad half-year”, said Hiddink, who has taken over until the end of the season.
United are out of the UEFA Champions League, 6th in the Premier League and out of the League Cup but van Gaal is adamant that there is no reason to sack him. There were also two penalty cases. “I think we were unlucky today”. They have to lift it up and that’s what we have talked about in the locker room.
“Manchester United has a lot of confidence in his manager and I have not received that in every club”, he added in a news conference.
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Van Gaal raised the prospect of quitting last weekend and this stalemate – United’s sixth scoreless draw since October 25 – leaves his position uncertain, with the 20-time English champions now winless in eight games in all competitions.
