Van Gaal Admits Pressure Increasing After Man-U Loss

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.

Stoke¿s Marko Arnautovic, right, turns to celebrate after scoring Stoke’s second goal against Manchester United, during the English Premier League soccer match between Stoke City and Manchester United at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke on Trent, England, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.

Attempting to knock the ball back to his goalkeeper David de Gea with a diving header, Memphis only succeeded in gifting the ball to Glen Johnson who crossed for Bojan to stab home.

Rooney witnessed those goals from the bench as Ander Herrera replaced him for tactical reasons. But a combination of poor finishing and Jack Butland’s saves prevented United from leaving Stoke with anything. But even when the hosts had to defend, they were unsafe on the counter-attack.

“I do my utmost to find solutions to cope with the pressure, but at the end my players have to do that by themselves, and I help them”.

Bookies Paddy Power are now paying out for the Dutchman to be the next Premier League boss sacked after losing his last four games for the club.

It’s been a miserable season for Manchester United’s under-performing players who were defeated by Stoke City on Saturday. Comments Louis van Gaal: ‘We need a victory and that is very important’.

“I am always faithful but the circumstances are hard”, he noted of his failed game plan. Chelsea are not enjoying a great season either, yet under Guus Hiddink they are likely to rise to the challenge of a team too scared to play football.

“It’s hard because I am part of the four matches that we lost so people are looking at me”.

United midfielder Michael Carrick said that Van Gaal still had the support of his players. United we on top of the table but they have slipped to fifth position and further defeat will see them out of the title race. After the humiliating defeat to Stoke, it would appear that his time at the club were nearly up.

“We talked about being on the front foot and having an intensity to win and we produced the same first half as against Manchester City”.

“I said at half-time we had nothing to lose and we coped better after that”.