Louis Van Gaal Claims Premier League Title Still a Possibility
In contrast to their midweek 3-3 draw with Newcastle, United struggled to create chances at Anfield, managing just one shot on target.
Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel doesn’t believe his former club have enough in their locker to win the Premier League title this season, despite Sunday’s win over Liverpool.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp cut a frustrated figure after seeing his side dominate possession and create more chances only to be undone by their Achilles heel of conceding from a set-piece.
He said: “To beat Liverpool is always important, and today it was important because our competitors have lost points”. I think you have seen that, if you get three or four games in a row, you are right back up at the top. We are seven points behind and there are a lot of matches still to go. He is playing very good but you can not say he was a fantastic, marvellous goalkeeper today.
“Maybe we had better opportunities to score, they played very well, very physical and were very direct, which is an unusual style for them”, Wenger told news men after the game.
Manchester United goalkeeper says he is happy to stay at the club despite interest from Real Madrid.
“This is a special feeling”, was how Rooney described his goal.
The Red Devils skipper was the first to react after Marouane Fellaini’s header deflected off the cross bar, blasting the ball into the roof of the net past Reds shot-stopper Simon Mignolet. “We lost a game that we should not have lost…so I can’t be very positive at this moment so soon after the game”. But the best strikers are the ones who come back and get on another run and Wazza has shown that throughout his career.
United remained two points behind fourth-place Tottenham in the race for Champions League qualification, and moved up a place to fifth thanks to only a second win in nine league games.
However, if anyone was going to win the game it looked as it would have been Liverpool, with the hosts outplaying an insipid United attack throughout large parts. Three mistakes around the goal, and that’s too much obviously against a team with individual quality like Manchester United. You can talk about their performance and it wasn’t that good, but they can be happy.