Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has come out in favour of manager Louis van Gaal stating that the team is “fighting” for the manager.
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“I am disappointed with the way United are playing”, Kanchelskis said.
“I can still, even now, hear him say ‘Hello!”
“It is not like that in the football world”. “Sometimes I do that by myself…”
Louis van Gaal heard the rumors, which claim he’s close to losing his job as Manchester United’s manager. “We produced a similar first half performance to we did against Manchester City, another high quality team”. “But I didn’t feel that in the media”. “We haven’t scored a great many goals in recent weeks but we have still been creating chances”.
“The key is always communication and talking with each other for the evaluation of the match, how we have prepared and so on and so on”.
“And then we have chose to put him on the bench”. You want to go there, be successful and make an impact.
The Dutchman stormed out of his pre-match press conference but confirmed that the players available has not changed from last time out. “I don’t like going against Stoke at home, they tend to keep a lot of clean sheets, and I’m going with a win for the Potters again”.
That at least was an admirably honest summary, yet Van Gaal said he had been trying to raise confidence all week.
“Like a very good professional”. It is not only the circumstances with the wind but also with the pressure [on the players].
“I think I was already sacked, I read I have been sacked”. The Red Devils now find themselves outside of the Champions League picture looking in, and will need to start picking up points if they expect to play in Europe’s most prestigious club competition next season.
“Do you understand what I mean?”
Speaking to Sky Sports ahead of kick-off, Van Gaal said: “Yes, of course leaving out Wayne [Rooney] was tactical”.
“One month ago we were first in the Premier League”.
“It’s another situation – we have lost the fourth game – so we wait and see (what happens)”.
“I thought we were excellent”, Hughes continued.
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“But what I said, I felt that my players didn’t dare to play football and that was different in the second half, and that you have seen”.
