Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Van Gaal said: “It could also be because of the traffic that they left the stadium a few minutes earlier”.
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“Maybe (fans left) also because of the traffic”.
“You never know the reason”.
“We won the game which is the most important thing and I said to the boys before the match the only thing that counts is we are in the fourth round and we did it”. “But we are in the next round”.
The 31 year-old German worldwide suffered a knock to his knee in the third round FA Cup win over Sheffield United on Saturday but played on with United out of substitutions.
Despite a poor run which has seen the Red Devils fail to win throughout the whole of December, United have now won their first two games in 2016. We didn’t play quickly enough.
“You have to play more quickly than we did in first half and you have to play with wingers”.
Van Gaal’s comments echo those of his critics, including Class of ’92 alum Paul Scholes.
United make the trip to Steve McClaren’s relegation-threatened Newcastle United side in the Premier League at St James’s Park on Tuesday night.
“They have also been ironic [with their cheering] but that’s also an expression of the fans and that’s good”.
But Van Gaal is looking for an improvement at Newcastle tomorrow.
At least Manchester United fans have something to bond with the manager over.
Under-pressure Louis van Gaal said he would start Januzaj for the youth team in a bid to get him back up to speed, but has now changed his mind. How many stadiums were like ours full? They are defending with 10, 11 players behind the ball. “The players were frustrated and the fans were frustrated”, he added.
Paul Scholes is not the only one who has been bored by United this season…even Louis van Gaal admits he’s felt the same!
“Yes, I can understand that because it was a fact that we were not shooting too much or were not able to shoot at the goal so much”, said Van Gaal.
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The manager’s job has come under scrutiny and it was put to him that his assistant Ryan Giggs came from the same background as Scholes and Gary Neville, another regular critic, and must want more adventurous football.
