The Cherries shocked the football world by defeating Premier League champions, Chelsea, 1-0.
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In total Van Gaal will be without nine players after the duo picked up injuries in his side’s Champions League exit at Wolfsburg.
On receiving criticism for United’s recent results, the manager told the BBC: “It is always like that”. “It is matter of belief, if you believe in this manager or not”, he said. “That is the most important thing”, he said.
Despite the setback, however, the former Netherlands boss remains confident in his ability to bring silverware to the club.
“And I have seen also how the bench was participating in the match, so we all wanted to win”.
Belgium global Fellaini says the team must carry out the Dutch coach’s orders on the pitch to deliver success, continuing: “Now we know him for a year and a half, we know how he functions and how he wants the team to play, so we have to do it in the games”. I am sure my partner at home will be really proud too.
Manchester United needs to get it together. “You have to analyse the club as it is now”. Every club can buy a major player. “I’m having always that confidence when the players want to perform in this way, then I have confidence always”.
“We can fight for the FA Cup and fight also for the Europa League, so I think we have enough to fight for”.
“You can see what is happening in the Premier League every week”.
“We are in a very hard position because of all the injuries and we have to play with a lot of youngsters”.
“They have done everything, but they have lost”.
On a subdued day in England’s top division, Romelu Lukaku scored for the sixth league game in a row for Everton in a 1-1 draw at Norwich and another in-form striker, Odion Ighalo, grabbed Watford’s victor in a 1-0 victory at Sunderland.
Louis van Gaal yesterday mounted a spiky defence of his tenure as Manchester United manager, insisting he had not lost his managerial touch and that at the age of 64 he was still capable of turning the team’s season around. They had a few variations and did it very well but still it can not be. “I played in the Europa League three seasons ago, coming out of the Champions League, and, at the end, we won it [with Chelsea]”. “I have been at the club for a long time and it is probably the one game that gets talked about more than any other”. Still we could hurt the number two of Germany.
Bournemouth took the lead against United inside three minutes as Junior Stanislas’ corner floated over everyone before nestling in David De Gea’s net. I don’t talk about the past. I’m not thinking like that.
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Bournemouth’s first goal, which came inside the opening 120 seconds, also came from a corner. You have to speak with all the players.
