Alan Shearer holds a healthy 72-goal cushion at the top of that particular list. It’s a great start to the year and we can’t afford any more slip-ups now so we need to make sure we play every game like this. I tried to give confidence (to Rooney and Martial) and I can not change that any more.
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“I hope that is a fantastic starting point for the team but also for him”. “That has nothing to do with leaving him out”. I can imagine that he cannot always play in this world…
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The England captain has played 99 more times than Law so his strike-rate is poorer than the Scot’s, but Van Gaal insists nothing should detract from Rooney’s achievement.
With United down in sixth place, Van Gaal has pinpointed the lack of goals as their Achilles heel.
There were a few boos at half-time when United failed to score in the first half for the ninth home game in succession, but despite registering only three shots on target and playing slowly, Van Gaal was happy with his team’s performance before the break.
Martial’s goal that opened the scoring and his role in Rooney’s goal, resulted in him being player of the match in the much needed win for the Manchester side. Apart from Arsenal and the first halves against Crystal Palace and Stoke, we had our style, we created chances and were the dominating team. And the manager was rewarded when Young provided an assist for Anthony Martial’s second-half opener on Saturday.
It looked like being another frustrating afternoon for the hosts when Swansea equalised with 20 minutes to go through Gylfi Sigurdsson.
If today’s report from The Sunday Times is to be believed, Woodward, with the crucial backing of the Glazer family, had given the Dutchman a committment prior to last week’s draw with Chelsea that they had no plans to change managers.
Those travails called into question van Gaal’s decision to allow strikers Robin van Persie, James Wilson and Javier Hernandez – in the best form of his career for Bayer Leverkusen – to leave Old Trafford without being replaced.
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Martial powered home Ashley Young’s cross less than two minutes after the restart to ease the tension that had built inside Old Trafford following yet another boring display in the first half.
