There has also been the sorry tale of six games without scoring at Old Trafford this season and the equally worrying sequence of United failing to score in the first half at home for eight games – a barren run which stretches back to a 34th-minute equaliser by Juan Mata during the Champions League victory over Wolfsburg in September.
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United have lost all three of Van Gaal’s matches with Swansea.
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“Swansea have been what I call my ghost team, meaning we are looking to start this new year with what I have been told you say in England by breaking the duck.”, said the Dutchman, according to The Guardian.
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To underline the concern, 22-year-old Will Keane was recalled from a loan spell at Preston yesterday despite having made only one first-team appearance for United in his career.
While recognising that a big-name forward could enter in January, Van Gaal insisted that those already in the team were good enough to succeed. It’s the story of Hernandez, for example. “Everyone who’s played has done their job and we hope we can carry that on and produce more clean sheets”. “I give trust to the players”. But we also need a little bit of luck.
Asked if the pressure on him is easing, Van Gaal added: “I don’t know because the pressure is also what you experience by yourself and also by the players because they have to perform in a certain time”. But too many strikers of high quality for the same position is too much pressure. I am convinced of that.
“My understanding was that I was going to a club which always looked after their managers, even when they were in trouble and it wasn’t going well, you got your time to sort things out”, Moyes said.
‘I think even what Manchester United stand for, is they keep their managers, they’ve always supported their managers.
‘We can not allow the gap to grow.
Elsewhere, Arsenal and Leicester will be out to consolidate their spots on top of the league. We said that at the beginning of this season.
‘The players are feeling like that also. “Sadly we still have a few long-term injuries in Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia and Marcos Rojo”.
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Despite an encouraging performance in the 0-0 draw against Chelsea, Van Gaal is still under pressure to deliver a win when United host Swansea on Saturday. You can not see in advance. “Chris Smalling has been getting all the limelight but I would say the unsung hero so far this season is Daley Blind, we haven’t conceded that many and he has been a big part of that”.
