Arsenal FC manager has hailed the performance of his side in the 3-0 win against Manchester United, declaring it as a statement of intent from the London side. That is the first time I have seen that from my team.
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“And we have prepared ourselves also in that way, to play more contact, but don’t lose your aggression”.
Now the Times report that United’s players were unhappy with Van Gaal for setting them out in such a way, and implored him to play on the counter. “I don’t know why it happened”, Van Gaal said.
“It’s a fantastic team – I said that in advance”. You can not start like we started.
“The worst thing is that everybody is going away”.
Van Gaal’s post-Emirates inquest will have to wait until after the worldwide break, though, much to his obvious frustration.
“They can not make their passes so easily”. “Once you go one up, you can get the game under control”. But now suddenly you look at it and think, hang on, they’re right there. And you have to do it not only with the two in midfield but as a team. “Arsenal were much more aggressive”.
He followed up his hat-trick against Leicester with a brace against Louis van Gaal’s men on Sunday. “We have an important month of October ahead, with games that will demand our best level of performance, and we have to be ready for them”.
“The pressure on any disappointment today is massive and it’s maybe a little bit more hard to deal with it but we did well”.
Aaron Ramsey and Ozil combined on six minutes to allow Sanchez to back-heel the ball past David de Gea, and a minute later the German doubled the Gunners advantage after a surging run from Theo Walcott. Although the blue half of Merseyside hasn’t been a happy hunting ground for the Red Devils in the past, there is no doubt that if all the players step up and perform to the best of their abilities, victory will be inevitable.
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“That was all for the manager without a doubt”. “We beat City last season, now United”, he said. “It was the Arsenal of old”. It sends a message to the Premier League we are here to be recognised. We need to play together and in the first half we did very well and this is vital for us.
