“Let it be against CSKA Moscow because we need a victory”. “But when you are not creating so many chances I can not complain”. They won every second or third ball and kept the pressure on us. And that is our history until now. “So we have to improve that”.
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Louis van Gaal’s men have not scored in 325 minutes.
“I can not see that (low confidence)”, he added. I’m sure that the goals will come soon and, with them, the good results.
Cabaye, who played for Newcastle before moving to Paris Saint-Germain, revealed that the Red Devils could score goals for fun during that period, something they haven’t yet managed to muster up this season.
The 19-year-old Frenchman’s better pace and mobility offered more of an attacking threat, but van Gaal conceded he still remains uncertain how best to utilise Martial.
“We don’t know yet”.
That was promising French teenager Anthony Martial who is not even an out-and-out striker, being played out on the wing for much of the game against Palace.
The Dutchman countered yesterday by claiming that United do take risks and entertain their fans, accusing Scholes of only speaking out to make money from the media. “This was the first time after Arsenal that we were not the better team away so I think they have seen it very good, I think”.
Pardew believes that his squad can win today if they remain close early in the game.
Alan Pardew’s men enjoyed a brighter start to the half and pegged United back in their own half for most of the opening exchanges.
“(United’s style) is different, patient, but when they dominate possession they are looking for that moment, incision. Simply, they too lacked attacking thrust.
“United – and it doesn’t happen very often – were probably fortunate to get a point”.
“It was a shame we didn’t win it but with the run we’ve been on we needed to take something, so the point was important for us”.
You could tell United were getting desperate when Ashley Young and Marouane Fellaini in quick succession, though van Gaal’s substitutions couldn’t change the tide of the match. ‘I have read that it is boring, but I don’t think there are more spectators in another stadium than our ground.
“He has played as a striker once, against Liverpool (when Rooney was out injured), but that was because I had a problem (with injuries) and that is why I made him the striker from the beginning”.
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“There was a lot of attention around him but we got space in other areas and that’s another plus to someone like Yohan”.
