It is evident that United need to start scoring more goals and with Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial the club’s current top goal scorers, Van Gaal may seek to increase their firepower up front when the transfer window opens this month. United have now failed to score in the first half of their last nine home matches.
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Four defeats and two draws in December had contributed to a barren run which had seen United go out of the Champions League and slip out of the Premier League’s top four during the club’s worst run since 1990.
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Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney celebrates with team mates at the end of their match against Swansea City at Old Trafford, Manchester, January 2, 2016.
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“I hope this is a fantastic starting point for us”, he said.
They now sit in fifth place in the Premier League table with 33 points from 20 games.
FC’s Steve Nicol assesses a more attacking performance from Man United in their 2-1 win over Swansea.
Martial powered home Ashley Young’s cross less than two minutes after the restart to ease the tension that had built inside Old Trafford following yet another boring display in the first half. That is why I am proud they can do it under this pressure.
“That is, of course, much more hard when you don’t win than when you win. Also, for this moment, but we still have a good team and we can still score goals”, Van Gaal said.
The England captain has played 99 more times than Law so his strike-rate is poorer than the Scot’s, but Van Gaal insists nothing should detract from Rooney’s achievement.
The young Frenchman’s dribbling and direct play resulted in him leading the team in fouls drawn, which produced some important free kicks in the Swansea half.
But the same report stated that despite the availability of Jose Mourinho, Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and the owners the Glazer Family, are determined to stick with Van Gaal for now and Giggs for the future. I can imagine that he cannot always play in this world…
“I am very happy for the players because they had to play under big pressure and now we have won”, he told reporters.
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The introduction of Modou Barrow gave Swansea added pace down the flank and it was the substitute who crossed for Sigurdsson to cleverly head past David de Gea after 70 minutes.
