Manchester United’s 2-0 loss at Stoke brought more questions for van Gaal about his future. “Klopp has suggested he is not the biggest friend of the January transfer window and it will undoubtedly be following a summer of his own ins” and outs” that we really begin to see the German’s true imprint on this Liverpool side. “I feel the support of everybody in the club”. However, Arsene Wenger has said that “at the moment we’re focusing on the present and the immediate”.
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“So people are looking at me”.
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Christian Benteke came on with Divock Origi being taken off injured, and despite a very shaky start he found the back of the net with a half volley that he stretched to make contact with.
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At the moment, the standings show that United are just out of the top four spots as they are fifth with 29 points after 17 games. After a week dealing with speculation about his future, Louis van Gaal takes Manchester United to Stoke for the lunchtime game.
Goals from forwards Bojan Krkic and Marko Arnautovic left United in sixth place as they lost four consecutive matches in all competitions in a single season for the first time since 1961. “Liverpool pushed from the beginning and for this season they deserved to win”.
This was a shadow of the Arsenal team that beat Manchester City in their previous game and with several key players going missing, Southampton turned the screw in the second half, scoring through Shane Long and Jose Fonte by the 70th minute to wrap up the game.
As for Leicester City, they are still immersed in that wonderful dream Ranieri has spoken of, despite seeing a 10-match unbeaten run go up in smoke on Merseyside. With DE Bruyne, Silva and Sterling in behind Aguero this is a talented attacking quartet. “Yes, it is a calf”.
Tom Carroll was also on target.
Mourinho’s sacking by Chelsea highlighted the dangers of managing in the English top flight and it is with interim manager Guus Hiddink in the dug-out that the champions will tackle high-flying Watford.
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It is fair to say, therefore, that a point would be an unexpected bonus for the Black Cats at the Etihad, but how have they fared on their Boxing Day games in recent years? On Tuesday Leicester will take on another top team in Manchester City but Manchester City have had some defensive struggles of late and I think that Vardy and Mahrez will get some joy against City especially now that Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will be out again through injury. “We had some chances and it was a pity Oscar slipped for the penalty”.
Elsewhere, managerless Swansea climbed out of the relegation zone with a battling 1-0 home win over West Brom, as an early goal from Ki Sung-yueng (nine) proved enough for a first win under caretaker boss Alan Curtis, while Bournemouth played out a goalless draw against Crystal Palace.
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Bottom club Aston Villa drew 1-1 at home to West Ham United thanks to Jordan Ayew’s penalty, leaving manager Remi Garde still awaiting a first win since taking over from Tim Sherwood.
