Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said that the club are still struggling through games, despite winning four in a row in all competitions, culminating in Wednesday night’s 1-0 win against Watford at Old Trafford.
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“It is a very hard programme for us because we have to recover within two days for the second time”, he said.
“Players are coming back, but I have to solve a different problem every week in my line-up”.
The Dutchman, whose side is now level on points with City in fourth spot, added: “Of course when you see that we close the gap a little bit then your belief shall rise”.
A shining light out of these group of youngsters is 18-year-old Englishman, Marcus Rashford who has burst onto the scene with four goals in three games for United.
Louis van Gaal has played down Roy Hodgson’s comments regarding a potential England call-up for Marcus Rashford, but says “it is never too early” to pick a young player. “We have to go step by step”.
In beating the Hornets, United recorded back-to-back wins in the league for the first time since mid-November. “Watford were making it very hard for us, so the victory tastes very good, especially when our competitors have lost”.
“This month very important, getting some players back to the team and I am optimistic because we can still fight for everything”.
United’s manager also praised the performance of 18-year-old Tim Fosu-Mensah, who made his full debut at centre-half.
Van Gaal said: “It was a kick [on an ankle].
Discussing Mata’s goal, Flores said: “It did not surprise me”. We have played 40 games and still have so many to play.
The move paid immediate dividends as Rashford scored the first two goals of the game, at the 29th and 32nd minutes, surprising the Gunners. I think we played with high personality, with confidence, we created chances, we matched them.
Having beaten a strong Arsenal side 3-2 on Sunday, the hosts have to be the big favourites to win the game.
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” You can see the statistics of how many players are already injured and from what date. “He wanted to go off but I wanted him to stay on”.
