Manchester United legend Paul Scholes well and truly ripped into his former side after their drab 1-0 victory over League One side Sheffield United in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday.
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“Players for Manchester United have to cope with the pressure of the fans and the media and it’s the same for the manager”, said Van Gaal.
“There are many reasons to leave a stadium at the last minute”.
“When I was looking at matches to analyse our opponent then I leave the stadium five minutes before”.
“I know it’s hard when you play matches like this when there are a lot of players behind the ball but when you are Manchester United you have to deal with it”. “Every time I come to Old Trafford it’s negative football, I would be depressed if I was part of that performance”. Now we have to prepare for the game with Newcastle.
Sheffield United looked to have earned a replay until defender Dean Hammond brought down substitute Memphis Depay with a rash challenge in added time, Rooney converting from the spot.
Among the most relieved people at Old Trafford was United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, who puffed out his cheeks at the final whistle.
Many Manchester United supporters are down in the doldrums, but Harry Redknapp believes Louis van Gaal can still win the Premier League this season if he signs Gareth Bale.
“It’s a shame. There were three results on offer and we wanted two of them”. We are in the next round and that is all that really matters, but I could not be so happy with the performance. “And he has got a case for that, but I think fans would rather see a bit more excitement rather than be in those positions”.
“They (the fans) were bored”.
Would you have liked to see more attacking play from both sides? His style of football is not suited to Manchester United’s football, but he’s going to argue that they’ve got through, they are fifth in the Premier League and only nine points off the top. Now we have won two games in a row it might give us a boost.
He insists he is “happy” at the club after a summer move from Torino and wants to “continue on my way” to becoming a great United player.
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With United desperate for attacking additions to revitalise Van Gaal’s squad, talkSPORT have sensationally revealed that the Red Devils boss is not expecting to sign anyone this month.
