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Van Gaal demands Man U players to cope up with pressure
Posted On Jan 25 2016
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He also reflected on fans reaction in United’s 1-0 win against Sheffield in the Saturday’s FA Cup match. “There are many reasons why someone might leave early”.
“You’ve just seen 90 minutes of boring, defensive…I’ve tried to defend this team now for the last two or three weeks, it’s getting more and more hard to do it because every time you come to Old Trafford this is what you see; negative football”.
“I don’t know how you can possibly be happy with a 1-0 win over a League One team”.
Van Gaal has however finally admitted that just like the fans, he himself has felt the performances of his team to be monotonous but the Dutchman has not failed to defend his team from the media whom he addressed as “very negative”. “But we are in the next round”.
Manchester United might have struggled their way past Sheffield United in the FA Cup, but their performance was as unconvincing as ever, and are reportedly looking to replace manager Louis van Gaal with Tottenham Hotspur’s Mauricio Pochettino.
Louis van Gaal says he does not expect to do any business in the January transfer window.
“You have to play more quickly than we did in the first half”. We have to see if [other] players are still overloaded or not. It’s a process I’ve said many, many times.
The Mancunians travel to St James Park on Tuesday night to face Newcastle United in a Premier League fixture.
“That they were ironic I can imagine”. Pressed on the reaction of the crowd, Van Gaal responded: “I can understand that, it was a fact that we are not shooting too much and that we were not able to shoot at the goal too much”.
“I am more thinking how we have to attack and improve”.
“I’m not Sir Alex [Ferguson], as you know”.
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But Van Gaal refused to be drawn into a war of words and said: “What do I have to do now? I believe in communication during the week, during the preparation, and I believe in my players who have to perform”, he told The Mirror.
