Although he has spent in excess of £250million since summer 2014 making United title contenders once again, Van Gaal has warned he must be allowed to splash the cash again if the club’s American owners want a team capable of being champions of Europe.
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Manchester United and West Ham engaged in a goalless draw at Old Trafford.
Louis van Gaal praised his side’s attacking display against West Ham United but said they “forgot to score goals” after a fourth 0-0 draw in their last six home matches on Saturday.
Van Gaal has been happy with his squad this season: “I have been pleased with the progress of the younger players when they’ve been called to train with the first-team squad so I am not afraid of using them if required”.
“But the question, “Shall Suarez score here, shall Aguero score here” is also a question mark”. “That is the most important aspect of football and we didn’t do it”.
13 goal Jamie Vardy has netted in his last 10 matches and trades 6/4 to net anytime against a side who have not conceded from open play in over 11 hours of football. Because of that it’s an important game, that we score and come through in the Champions League. “His positional play is always very good, he always seems to be in the right place, and he will put his body on the line, which is exactly what you need”.
All Whites captain Winston Reid hit the post with a header and had a strong game as West Ham held Manchester United to a scoreless draw in English Premier League action.
Bastian Schweinsteiger claims Manchester United must show a “killer instinct” against Wolfsburg to keep their Champions League dream alive.
“You need also luck, but you can not say it every time that we have to finish”.
While their rocky domestic form has seen last season’s Bundesliga runners-up slip to fifth after a 2-1 last-gasp defeat by Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, Dieter Hecking’s team are top of Group B after a 2-0 win at CSKA Moscow. We created many chances and you can only do that when you are attacking; we attacked much more than our opponents, who were defending in their square of 40 metres.
“His ankle is not good enough, and we have to recover that ankle with a lot of strength”.
“(The booing fans) don’t like the style of play from Manchester United, but everyone knows in advance that all the teams of Louis van Gaal is playing like that”, he added. “That game [against Leicester], I said also in the press conference after, we lost because the referee gave a penalty, against Rafael, I remember that very well”.
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“And when you don’t score, then it lets points go”.
