Thousands of fans streamed out of the stadium on Saturday evening before the end of the FA Cup third-round tie, which the hosts won thanks to a penalty three minutes into stoppage time from Wayne Rooney.
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“There are many reasons to leave the stadium”.
“There are matches where I’m very bored or angry because we’re not disorganising our opponent’s defence”, he said during a press conference, according to the Daily Mail.
“I think a player of Manchester United has to cope with the pressure of the fans of Manchester United and also the media. But we are in the next round”.
Louis van Gaal was frustrated by a lack of criticism for Sheffield United’s attacking exploits as his Manchester United side continue to be accused of negative tactics following a slim 1-0 win in the FA Cup third round.
Former United midfielder, Paul Scholes, who is now a television pudit, branded Van Gaal’s team as “boring” adding that the manager looked bored on the touchline, along with just about everyone else watching the match.
You look across at the bench and Van Gaal looks bored as well.
Old Trafford legend Paul Scholes attacked the current crop of Manchester United players for their performance and said he is relieved they have avoided having to go to Bramall Lane for a replay.
“It’s a process I’ve said that many, many times. I see square pegs in round holes”.
Van Gaal revealed that Bastian Schweinsteiger will be out of the game against Newcastle, while commenting on the current situation with Adnan Januzaj who just returned from a loan spell with Dortmund. The fans have to know that we can’t always play fantastic football.
“It’s not only frustrating for the staff, it’s frustrating for the players, the staff and for everybody”.
“We won this match and that’s the most important thing”.
“You want that?” asked Van Gaal to a room full of nodding heads.
“You can be very negative, but we are in the next round. Against Chelsea I have enjoyed it but the result was 0-0 and we could have lost”, Van Gaal said.
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Is it because he refuses to come to the touchline in matches to bark orders at his players like Sir Alex Ferguson did?
