Manchester United host Chelsea on Monday, but will Van Gaal still be at the helm? Of course, it’s also been a tough season for the team, which after losing, 2-0, to Stoke City on Saturday, is sixth in the Premier League, nine points behind leaders Leicester City.
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The Potters created a number of opportunities and could have even won by more, but went on to inflict United’s fourth straight defeat in all competitions anyway.
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The result makes it seven games without a win for United and increases the pressure on Van Gaal, who stormed out of his pre-match media conference earlier this week as speculation regarding his future grew. “We have lost the fourth game, so you have to wait and see”.
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2-0 to Stoke as Van Gaal and his coaching staff sunk into their seats.
“I have received [the club’s backing] all the time but we have lost so there is a new situation”, said Van Gaal.
“It’s more hard, people are looking at me, I have to deal with that, the players have to deal with that. I don’t think that is the sequence”. I don’t prefer Ed Woodward comes out and says it because it’s more important what they say to me. I’m not so interested in public sayings.
The Dutchman admitted he had to take his share of the blame for United’s longest winless streak since the 1989-90 season, however.
When asked if he still had the support from the club’s hierarchy, Van Gaal told the media: “I can also quit by myself”.
“We didn’t play our football because of the pressure and we would not cope with the circumstances either as a group or individual players”.
Speaking to Sky Sports immediately after the match, Van Gaal said: “My thoughts are that we don’t dare to play football in first half”.
Van Gaal dropped Wayne Rooney to the bench for the game at the Britannia Stadium. And Butland also pushed Anthony Martial’s attempt round the post as Stoke completed a December double over Manchester clubs, having already beaten City.
“A top-10 position is what we want, so the aim is to remain where we are now”, said the former United favourite, who saw Austrian forward Marko Arnautovic fire home Stoke’s second from 20 yards in the 26th minute.
“It is a feather in our cap”.
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“You’ve got to be fearless and confident that you can go toe-to-toe and we’ve shown that once again”.
