Van Gaal’s side slipped to sixth in the table, three points below the Champions League places, with Stoke, managed by former United striker Mark Hughes, now three points behind them in 11th place.
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“The confidence is very high”, Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said, according to Sky Sports. “Today was a very, very, very physical game and you could see this team, they tried for life, and when they scored the first goal you could see it was going to be a very hard game”.
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The incredible form of Vardy has been one of the catalysts to City’s astonishing rise to the top of the table and Manchester City, who are third in the table and three points behind City, come to the King Power Stadium on Tuesday.
In a scathing assessment of Van Gaal’s decision to let strikers Robin van Persie and Javier Hernandez go from the club, the two strikers along with Angel di Maria and Nani have scored 45 goals in all competitions among them so far this season.
“We tried to do our best but maybe in the first half we were too nervous to play our football”.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal’s future was plunged into serious doubt on Saturday as his side lost at Stoke City, while title-chasing Arsenal crashed to a demoralising 4-0 defeat at Southampton. The only thing I can say is 2015, if you look back and try to analyse it, we have been consistent.
“It is very hard as I’m also part of four losses and I have to cope with that”.
The Old Trafford side are the most free-scoring side on Boxing Day, averaging 2.71 goals per game, ahead of Arsenal (1.83), Man City (1.8), West Ham (1.8) and Liverpool (1.75).
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“At the end it is a fair result”, said Hiddink, who will be without Costa through suspension for Monday’s trip to United. Managerless Swansea City escaped the relegation zone as Ki Sung-Yueng’s ninth-minute tap-in saw off West Bromwich Albion, while bottom club Aston Villa drew 1-1 at home to West Ham United.
