Manchester United conceded three goals in the first 20 minutes for the first time in the 23-year history of the Premier League, Liverpool fired its manager and Zlatan Ibrahimovic became Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time leading scorer in the French league on Sunday. But as players and coaching staff we’ll analyse it and come back better.
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Overall Van Gaal needs to analyse the game at the weekend and see that Carrick and Schweinsteiger can not start together, and even more specific in the bigger games especially, and he needs to think about trying to go with the younger legs in midfield to cope with other teams that have the real pace in their side.
This much anticipated clash actually did not happen as Arsenal quieted down Manchester United with 3 goals in the first 20 minutes. “They made this game tough and the small teams are really strong as well and we need to get a result every week”.
It sounds like Sanchez has asked the club for permission to play for his country against Brazil at the very least, so the Arsenal boss will be watching on with interest as the Copa America champions host the Samba Boys on Friday night. “I put the question already at half-time and also after the match because normally I say the things how I see it in the game”.
United manager Louis van Gaal admitted that he was “amazed” by the lack of aggression shown by his side in the opening stages, particularly after a run of four successive wins in all competitions.
“When you give a team such as Arsenal so much space to play, you know you will lose,” Van Gaal said. We surprised them with our start. I am very disappointed. We looked like we were getting better in our attack and defensively we were more cohesive.
My plan is to pray now that everyone comes back from worldwide games without any injury because we have a small group. You can not solve that now – a lot of emotion and I am emotional as well.
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