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Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal admitted the club’s travelling fans had been right to criticise the performance of their team in the 2-1 Europa League loss at FC Midtjylland.
The scoreline from the last-32, first-leg encounter in Denmark on Thursday means United have every chance of securing progress to the round of 16 when they host Midtjylland in leg two next week.
The Manchester United fans were the first to admit they were not at their best and they were heard chanting “we are f****** s***”. “They can do because when you see the second half maybe they are right”, he said, per The Guardian.
He said, “We have to wait for a scan, then maybe we can say more, but it was a big surprise”.
“I think we caused a lot of our own problems”.
“In the second half we didn’t win any duels, any second balls. It won’t be easy but we’ll give our best”.
Sisto, one of the goalscorers for Midtjylland last night, feels the away goal has tilted the balance of the tie towards Manchester United despite his side getting the victory, but believes anything could still happen at Old Trafford.
“To come here and lose is nowhere near good enough”. “They are disappointed, like we are”.
United had taken the lead through a goal from Memphis Depay, but conceded a goal in each half in an uninspiring display.
But for a player on their books, that’s exactly what happened – he was unaware that his club were even playing.
“It is the law of Murphy I think”, the Dutchman told BT Sport.
Next up for Van Gaal’s sorry bunch is a trip to central English market town Shrewsbury where the third-tier team looks to pile on the misery for United in the FA Cup fifth round on Monday.
But Carrick stressed: “You can talk about injuries but, irrespective of that, we can’t make any excuses”.
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“Now, I can not answer why, because we have to speak about that, why our players were not capable to win these second balls and keep the ball in our possession. We had a lot of problems with him, we had less with Pusic”.
