Trailing Midtjylland 2-1 before kick-off, Depay scored a goal and earned a penalty in the second half as United crushed the Danish champions 5-1 in the second leg at Old Trafford. I have analysed Midtjylland and say it’s not so easy. “I must give compliments to my players”.
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Van Gaal was not surprised by Martial’s injury giving how many matches he has had to play this season saying ” he can be exhausted because he is only 20 and he has played all the matches ” which shows how important he has been, and he strikes fear into oppositions defenders when he plays with his pace.
“It is ridiculous to lose two players in the warm-up against the same opposition, but we had to keep going and we did”.
“Also Valencia is coming back, Fellaini is coming back, and in the month of March a lot of players are coming back and then we’ll have a strong selection again. When you have just played your first game it is not so easy”. “It is the media”, he said. Manchester City lost 5-1 against Chelsea, and they do not get the same level of criticism. And what am I doing now?! So they put a second team out, but what am I doing now?
Manchester United have suffered another massive injury setback, with Anthony Martial pulling up prior to their Europa League clash with FC Midtjylland this evening.
“It is not normal that you have 14 injured players”.
Having operated as more of a wide midfielder in the past he has grown into the role of a central striker and the club’s recently departed academy coach Paul McGuinness has predicted a bright future for him.
Pressure has eased marginally on the Dutchman this week after securing safe progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals and setting up a Europa League last-16 tie with Liverpool.
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Carrick, now 34 and who played in an unaccustomed centre-back role on Thursday night, got his introduction to senior football as a teenager with West Ham in 1999 and Rashford’s debut put him in nostalgic mood.
