Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal believes that his style is, in fact, working at Old Trafford, despite bad criticism.
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Manchester United were on the back foot throughout the first leg at Anfield last Thursday and had goalkeeper David de Gea to thank for only leaving with a 2-0 loss.
This fixture will be of great significance to United’s Dutch boss.
Louis van Gaal has claimed that he is more than happy to have seen Manchester United earn a replay against West Ham United due to the “mental fatigue” in his side.
“Under Sir Alex Ferguson, if you see the names that played up front for them, they were either at a better age or were bigger names or better goalscorers”, said Bilic. “We have to improve a lot to create more goals”, van Gaal concluded.
“Manchester United should be competing to win the Premier League and Champions League every season”, said Scholes. “Just go out and play!”
Jose Mourinho has been touted for months, but according to reports in the Daily Star Sunday, it’ll be Laurent Blanc in charge of United come next season.
Regularly forced into defensive duties, United forward Memphis Depay gave away the penalty in the 19th minute – felling Nathaniel Clyne as he tracked the Liverpool defender into the area. “They are better than that team out there today, that’s the problem”, he said.
“I don’t think there are many real leaders in there”. “So I said that to Shaw, Rooney and Young, all the players, you can still play in the final”.
Van Gaal’s options are diminishing again and three games in three competitions over the coming eight days may ultimately prove to be three strikes and you’re out.
The previous two occasions they faced top flight opposition at home in the FA Cup they exited the competition having lost 2-1 to Arsenal last season at this stage, and by the same scoreline to Swansea the year before. We have a lot still to fight for. The former Bayern and Barcelona head coach is on the verge of losing the job, and only a good run of form can ensure his stay until the end of this season.
They dropped into the Europa League after finishing third in a Champions League group that also included Wolfsburg, PSV Eindhoven and CSKA Moscow. It shall be very hard, I know that, but it is possible.
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They did that against West Ham.
