Manchester United, who won 2-1 against Watford at the weekend, will take on Premier League leaders Leicester City on Saturday after tackling PSV in midweek.
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Van Gaal told BT Sport: “I was amazed by the spirit in our team”.
Memphis Depay shows he is in the mix: The Dutchman had been limited to the bench since quite sometime with Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingaard given more priority.
Watford had chances of their own, but nothing of real merit in the first half.
After weeks of criticism Memphis will finally earn some praise after an impressive performance, which earned him the official man of the match award. United are now top of the league.
But United will still be short of options for a vital game with Van Gaal looking for a third successive group home win to ensure qualification and avoid the need to go to high-riding Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg on match day six looking for points. We are playing at home though, and I think everything is possible for us.
“Martial has a foot problem”.
Watford dominated the second half, with United goalkeeper David de Gea making three crucial saves to deny Deeney twice, and then a Abdi effort that took a wicked defelction off Chris Smalling.
“When we played at Old Trafford after 10 minutes we were 2-0 down and I will never forget those 10 minutes because they played so unbelievably well”, Schweinsteiger said.
“When you can do that as a team then I am very proud that I am the manager”.
In common with all Premier League matches this weekend, the French national anthem La Marseillaise was played prior to the kick-off following the Paris terror attacks of November 13.
“A fantastic pass from Ander Herrera”.
Deeney celebrated wildly but held his head in his hands minutes later after his own goal, which kept United in touch with Manchester City and Arsenal at the top of the standings. We want to put a bit more pressure on the others now.
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“But nevertheless we have created a lot of chances”. He played it also in the World Cup for me when Van Persie and Robben were injured so I knew he could do it. “I also think he played a very good game in the first half”.
