United manager Louis van Gaal, meanwhile, praised Cameron Borthwick-Jackson’s performance in the draw, as the left-back showed signs of a bright future for the Red Devils. Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil scores his side’s first goal of the game, during the English Premier League soccer match between Bournemouth and Arsenal, at the Vitality Stadium, in Bournemouth, England, Sunday Feb. 7, 2016.
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Diego Costa denied Manchester United a win over Chelsea with a late goal and Louis van Gaal was angry that his side could not hold on.
Yet Mourinho’s love of confrontations could be just what United need after rivals Manchester City announced that Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola will succeed Manuel Pellegrini at the end of the season.
The stalemate against Chelsea leaves United fifth on the table, six points adrift of the coveted fourth place position that would guarantee Champions football next season. I hope also to get the support of the media this week.
When it was suggested the the club are trying to replace him with Mourinho, Van Gaal offered this feisty response.
Addressing a reporter, he said: “You are getting the sack tomorrow”.
Eden Hazard sent a text message to Jose Mourinho after his sacking to apologise for his poor form, the Chelsea winger revealed in a British newspaper interview published today.
Jesse Lingard’s fantastic finish on the turn after great work by the impressive Cameron Borthwick-Jackson and skipper Wayne Rooney capped a period during which United had asked all sorts of questions of Chelsea’s back line. We have scored two times in the first half also. “We have created a lot of chances here at Chelsea”.
“I have to say that we played a very good match until the last quarter of the game”. We controlled the game even though the level of the individual players is very high in Chelsea, and Manchester United haven’t won here for three years, so it is not so easy.
Van Gaal’s charges travel to the Stadium of Light to face relegation-threatened Sunderland in the league on Saturday.
Van Gaal said: “Now we have to win”.
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“After that we’d win 4-0, 5-0, 4-1, 6-1”, he said.
