United could do with some of those goals arriving on Tuesday with only a win at the Bundesliga side enough to ensure their passage to the last 16 of the Champions League.
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He added: “The reason why we have bought Schweinsteiger is that he is a player who can lead or guide a team. We had more chances than Leicester City, but not too much”.
Schweinsteiger believes United’s poor finishing is costing them dearly. You need the attitude that you want to score. You need the attitude that you want to score. My opinion about scoring goals is not only about composure but also a lot of luck. Yes, you have to score from those chances and we didn’t do that. Normally, we create more chances than our opponents but you have to finish.
“I don’t understand that they [the fans] are shouting, ‘Attack, attack, attack, ‘ because we are the attacking team and not West Ham”. It is all about the killer instinct.
United’s lack of goals have been a major source of frustration for numerous club’s fans and an exit from the Champions League on Tuesday would ramp up the pressure on Van Gaal.
“I have the experience as a manager that the goals will come”, he told reporters.
United beat Wolfsburg 2-1 at Old Trafford in September and are hoping for a repeat of their 3-1 win at the Volkswagen Arena in 2009 when Michael Owen scored a hat-trick.
Even with injuries to a number of other players, Van Gaal believes he can rely on his defence in Germany.
“But we know we will get chances and if we do that then we can do a great thing against a big club”. But in sport it’s always possible. It’s not like that.
“We need to cut out the simple mistake”, said Wolfsburg’s Germany midfielder Julian Draxler.
“We could be out”.
“You have to prove yourselves, as a club, as a team and as players”.
The Dutch side would grab second spot from United if they draw or defeat CSKA Moscow on Tuesday and United fail to win in Wolfsburg.
“That is a question mark”.
Schweinsteiger, meanwhile, could face retrospective punishment by the Football Association for an off-the-ball elbow on Winston Reid on Saturday.
“It was a clear red card, a straight red without any doubt”, Bilic said.
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The pair square off in Lisbon to decide who wins the group while Galatasaray host Astana to see who plays the Europa League. The fact that their attacking players are all playing below par can be contributed to Van Gaal’s tactics, but a bit of the problem lies with the players also.
