It was a game with chances at a premium as the Red Devils were booed off by the Old Trafford faithful, and need to match the Dutch side’s result in the final match in order to qualify.
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“We are still second and are still in the qualifying position, Van Gaal said as reported by manutd.com”.
“We are not ruthless enough – we have to score more goals as a team”, United captain Wayne Rooney said.
“We just have to pick ourselves up and go again this weekend”.
United is a point behind Wolfsburg with one game remaining, and may have to beat the Germans away in their group closer in two weeks to reach the knockout stage.
“We have proved that in the Premier League and we must do it in the Champions League”. He was part of the United coaching team that won three Premier Leagues and the Champions League during his time at the club.
United nearly forced a deserved opener in the 31st minute when Jeroen Zoet denied Morgan Schneiderlin’s sliding effort after the midfielder met Daley Blind’s corner.
Manchester United have not been the most exciting side to watch his season – a view reaffirmed by their soporific 0-0 draw against PSV Eindhoven at Old Trafford on Wednesday – and Louis van Gaal’s style of play has come under scrutiny from pundits and fans alike.
Manchester United have lost just one of their last nine league fixtures (W6 D2 L1).
In the other match, an Andre Schurrle double sent Wolfsburg to the top of Group B as they defeated CSKA 2-0 in Russian Federation.
Speaking on BT Sports, the former England worldwide said he does not believe Manchester United has a lethal forward to win matches when it matter the most.
The bold, attacking approach in the long tenure of Alex Ferguson is nowhere to be seen at United these days, with caution appearing to reign under Louis van Gaal.
“The midfielders were dropping too much and that is why we didn’t support too much our front players”.
“Today we could have scored at least three goals – they were not the most hard chances, but we didn’t score”.
Asked about Herrera and Jones, Van Gaal told MUTV on Friday morning: “I can not say that because these kind of injuries you can not predict”.
“We have to win in Wolfsburg and that’s a hard game, but everything is possible, it is never impossible”.
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“We’re disappointed we didn’t win this game”, said the striker, who returned to the starting XI following a throat infection.
