Le Tissier: Man Utd lost control without Schweinsteiger

“He was my former captain with Philipp Lahm at Bayern Munich so I think that he is also very worthwhile off the pitch”, Van Gaal said, as quoted on United’s official site.

Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney, Memphis Depay and Anthony Martial all start as well, with Matteo Darmian starting again for the injured Luke Shaw at left back. “They are both very young but both very talented. If they make the right decisions and take the right steps in the future, then they can give a lot of power to Manchester United“, Schweinsteiger said.

“Monaco’s declarations were always that the two players who won’t move were Martial and Kurzawa, so I thought they would stand their ground”.

Have the new look Reds the quality to deliver Schweinsteiger his second Champions League medal?”Yes”.

“I never speak about what happens [in the dressing room],’ he said, before adding with a laugh: “Maybe sometimes I don’t understand him when he speaks in a Scouse accent!”

“I scored my first goal away in Wolfsburg so I have my good memories”.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has threatened to drop his senior players unless they improve quickly after a poor start to the season. “They are really good, especially in the last three or four years when they have made big improvements”, he says.

After their defeat at PSV Eindhoven on matchday one, Manchester United needed a win at Old Trafford last night to get their European campaign back on track. There is a difference to the Bundesliga but you also have a ball in the game. “You have to rotate and that is what I am doing now because I have to protect my players”. “I have played a lot of matches at that level and it is always a little bit different to Premier League and Bundesliga games”.