Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has come to the defence of current manager Louis van Gaal but also criticised the Dutchman’s team for lacking attacking ambition.
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Vardy, 28, equalled Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of netting in 10 straight games and he could break it at the King Power stadium.
Leicester finished 14th last season but now head the table, one point ahead of United.
“It will not be that easy because all the games in our group have shown the difference between the teams is not so big”, said the 45-year-old, who played under Van Gaal with both Barcelona and the Netherlands. If we are not creating chances, then I am very anxious. Players of his age need to play and I can imagine that fans are saying that this is ridiculous, they have difficulties to score, but that is a short-term thought.
Leicester striker Jamie Vardy deserves the accolade of “great”, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said on Friday.
“We have analysed Leicester and then we have to look at the shape and qualities of our players, but also the tiredness of every player, how they recover”.
“We are still not lucky in finishing the chances”.
“I don’t think he has changed too much since I started working with him at Ajax”.
Leicester will host the clash on Saturday sitting top of the Premier League table with a one-point advantage over the Red Devils.
“Normally this kind of club can be a long time competing but normally at the end it is more hard”, he said. “But Wayne is making area contribution to the team so I am satisfied with him”.
The bookmakers do not expect the Foxes to remain there for the rest of the campaign, but van Gaal believes they could lift the trophy. If I’m a central midfielder facing Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin, I would not be anxious.
Their last outing ended in a 0-0 draw against Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League that left their hopes of progressing to the knockout stages hanging in the balance.
United now boast of the best defensive record in the Premier League and the following quartet Darmian, Smalling, Blind and Rojo must be parted for being up at their game. none is sidelined and we expect Van Gaal to retain them.
United have had four goalless draws in their last seven games.
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“He will say: ‘We are second in the league, if we beat Wolfsburg we will be in the next round of the Champions League, so we are still making progress'”. “At this moment, he doesn’t play in the striker’s position, Martial is playing there”, he said. “It’s great for us to improve”.
