Manchester United vs. PSV Eindhoven

It’s not a effect of good performances and bad performances. “We know United have some difficulty with their build-up [and] before the match we looked at their games and this year they have had a lot of ball possession but sometimes difficulty creating chances”.

Louis van Gaal’s side have recorded four 0-0 scorelines over their past seven matches.

“The players are human beings and so also are the opponent, how they play the game and how they defend or attack and the reason, the real reason you never know”.

On Wednesday night, Van Gaal’s side failed to seal qualification to the final 16 after playing out a goalless draw against PSV at Old Trafford.

“We are still second, so we are still on the qualifying position”, he said.

Because of what happened the last time they took on PSV, Van Gaal said he gave Shaw a time off, according to reports.

PSV were now dominating play and looked the likelier to score as United faded and Eindhoven comfortably saw out time to claim a deserved point leaving the home side needing a result from their trip to Wolfsburg.

“We’ve made it hard for ourselves ahead of the last game but we’ll go to Wolfsburg with hope”.

Anthony Martial showed signs of rustiness and wasted a glorious chance just before the half-time break and Jesse Lingard spurned United’s best opportunity of the night by belting over the crossbar in the 72nd minute.

Van Gaal defended his decision to leave Juan Mata on the bench until the final few minutes after introducing both Ashley Young and Marouane Fellaini before the Spaniard.

“I think we could have finished it in the first half because in the second half we were not as good any more”, he told BT Sport.

Manchester United face a massive clash in their bid to qualify for the next round of the Champions League this evening. Martial came close with two low efforts from a tight angle to the left of goal in close succession towards the end of the first half, but PSV goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet was up to the task on both occasions. They couldn’t find a solution of beating our defence.

‘We started off with a defeat in the first game, but since then we’ve steadily been picking up points.

Van Gaal must now rally his players for Saturday’s trip to surprise Premier League leaders Leicester City, when top spot will be on the line.