However, the French worldwide is keeping faith and believes the team will return to winning ways ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League tie against CSKA Moscow.
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“Of course if you’re going to be fouled as many times as he was you’re going to be frustrated, so I understand that”.
Rooney had just one clear chance to score and van Gaal switched the two players in the second half, but conceded he remains uncertain where Martial’s best position is. When we think it is better, then we do that it is not an issue for me. That is our history until now, we have to improve that.
Palace were looking to end a run of three straight defeats and faced a United side hoping to banish the memories of Wednesday’s Capital One Cup defeat to Championship side Middlesbrough.
Van Gaal felt aggrieved that his side were not awarded a penalty in the second half following a coming together in the penalty area between United midfielder Ander Herrera and City forward Raheem Sterling. We didn’t finish that.
“The Palace way was back”, he commented. “But today we had no chances to win it”.
United only had a few “half chances” to score, which they failed to capitalise on, and Mata says Alan Pardew’s Palace deserve credit for knowing how to make the game hard on Saturday. “I don’t think they doubt their quality”, he said.
Expressing his dissatisfaction van Gaal reportedly has told his players, “I’m disappointed, I have told my players that”. “He has played as a striker once, against Liverpool, but that was because I had a problem [with injuries] and that is why I made him the striker from the beginning”.
Pardew, in criticising their willingness to “target” Yohan Cabaye, also appeared to acknowledge that the modern United have a far more negative approach than that which has previously brought them such success.
“(There were) eight fouls on him today, three or four tasty”, he said.
“Our senior players should have pointed that out (to the referee, Mike Jones)”. He s till had a very influential performance.
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“It’s a different style [under Van Gaal], it’s a very patient style”, Pardew said.
