Watford’s Valon Behrami, left, and Manchester United’s Memphis Depay battle for the ball during the English Premier League match between Watford and Manchester United at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Wednesday March 2, 2016.
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“When you see the size of the players of Watford and our size, we are not in a beneficial situation, so I have to give compliments to my players”.
Quique Sanchez Flores, the Watford head coach, was undone by two familiar faces, who he once coached; Mata, the match victor, and David De Gea, who kept a clean sheet.
When asked again whether England recognition would be too much, too soon for Rashford, Van Gaal added: “It is never too early”.
“I am very happy for the players because they have fought until the end, and they knew out on the pitch that our competitors were losing”, van Gaal said after the game. His pace was also a good attribute during the game. It was a heavy game, a physical game. You saw how [Marcos] Rojo is struggling.
But the Dutchman is remaining cautious over his side’s chances, telling reporters: “We go step by step”.
It was because of the switch that Martial found himself positioned more centrally, drawing a foul from Miguel Britos as he bore down on goal, with United doing the rest.
“That’s why we changed the shape”.
“So we have a great momentum at this moment because we have discovered that a lot of players can play at this level and the older players have to compete with these youngsters”.
Express Sport revealed in January United are keen to bring the unsettled £63million signing to Old Trafford, but Zidane has reitterated Rodriguez’s dtermination to recover at the Bernabeu.
“We have the same problems as three weeks ago”. We shall guide him in that way. I think we played well but finally individual quality decided the match.
“We could still have 20 matches to go and we’ve already played 43 matches, so that’s more than 60 matches”.
“This happens in English football”. A top four spot isn’t out of the question while a place in the group stages as Europa League winners also can not be ruled out.
“I was substituting Herrera and my second choice was Mata”. I’ve known him since he was 14, when I was training the teenagers of Real Madrid.
The Red Devils continued their recent good form with another victory on Wednesday, but it took them 83 minutes to score the winning goal.
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Perhaps their best chance came when Sebastian Prodl headed wide from two yards, under pressure from United defender Matteo Darmian.
