Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney saved his side’s blushes as his penalty, in the third minute of stoppage time saw the Premier League giants defeat League One Sheffield United in the FA Cup third round tie at Old Trafford on Saturday.
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“We have also changed our approach to the players to make it more easier to take responsibility”, he said. “I said it would be very hard to play matches in Dortmund and unfortunately I was right but he could train here and maybe show his talent in first team”.
In a bid to pull them [United] out of a slump, Louis van Gaal’s No2 got more authority in training and on match days.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger criticised Guardiola for the timing of his announcement, but Van Gaal has no problem with it as he did a similar thing when he declared he wanted to leave the Holland job for the Premier League in 2014.
Van Gaal’s future is in doubt following a mid-season slump, but the Dutchman refuses to worry about Guardiola when he has just 18 months left on his contract at United.
Louis van Gaal insisted the result was all that mattered after his Manchester United side survived a major scare to see off Sheffield United and book their place in the FA Cup fourth round.
He has played all of defensive midfield to attacking midfield for Manchester United and has played from the wings apart from being a line striker in some matches.
“You could see us as a football club really come together”.
“I am very pleased with how Anthony is developing himself, which is why he always plays, more than I had imagined before”, Van Gaal told the United website. “Everyone is talking about the fantastic defence of Sheffield United”.
“Ander Herrera, I don’t know what he is”.
“Then the commitment is higher and bigger, I think”. It has to be much better.
“You can talk about 31 shots in the last two games – we only scored two goals”.
While Van Gaal’s side avoided a replay thanks to Rooney’s late penalty, Scholes said the performance was unacceptable.
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“But we have to see how it shall work”.
