However, this good form has put Manchester United right back in the frame for a top four finish in the league and the possibility of securing Champions League football, for a club that is in need of it. They are now level on points with “noisy neighbours” Manchester City, who are now in a terrible run of form.
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Van Gaal’s side are now behind fourth placed Manchester City only on goal difference and will be looking for a third successive league win at West Bromwich Albion tomorrow.
LOUIS van Gaal hopes Marcus Rashford deals with the increased pressure and scrutiny as effortlessly as his first dalliances with the Manchester United first team. We have a small selection [of players to pick from], so it’s hard and I can not rotate too much.
“We know that a few weeks ago we weren’t playing so well and losing matches we shouldn’t have lost”. “Lots of players are coming back but they must be fit to play, which is different”.
“You see how [Marcos] Rojo is struggling”.
Watford’s Valon Behrami, left, and Manchester United’s Memphis Depay battle for the ball during the English Premier League match between Watford and Manchester United at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Wednesday March 2, 2016.
“But Timothy has saved us three times I think because of his speed and I was very pleased he was on the pitch. The chance is there that one of these three plays”, Van Gaal said.
‘I think that the attitude is very good.
“It’s still our aim but our aim is also to win a title and a title is winning the Europa League – Manchester United hasn’t won the Europa League so it would be fantastic for United and the fans. He wanted to go off but I wanted him to stay on”. “I think my main task is to keep working on a day-by-day basis to show the coach that I am a candidate for a regular first-team spot”. “He could have come into United and spent all that money on 28-year-olds, proven footballers who have won things”.
United have drawn five Premier League games 0-0 this season, and are the only side to be involved in more stalemates than Watford (four).
“I always say “enjoy yourself” so there is little pressure”.
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“When you see the size of the players of Watford and our size, we are not in a beneficial situation, so I have to give compliments to my players”.
