Louis Van Gaal: Marcos Rojo Injury Is Not Serious

Danny Welbeck nodded Arsenal back into the game, but Rashford picked out Ander Herrera whose shot was deflected in.

The Louis Van Gaal-led side, which are currently fifth in league standings, will now lock horns with Watford on Thursday.

On the day Marcus Rashford became an instant Manchester United hero, manager Louis van Gaal stole the show with a quite fantastic piece of touchline behaviour.

Rashford must think professional soccer is easy.

Life has become pretty odd for Marcus Rashford who has gone from obscurity to global stardom after scoring four goals in two games for Manchester United.

He is showing no fear on the biggest stage and demonstrated to Van Gaal that the Dutchman has had a goal poacher at his disposal all along during the team’s rough patch this season.

But the 18-year-old striker introduced himself to the world with a brace in the Europa League before following it up with another impressive double on his Premier League debut to put a huge dent in title-chasing Arsenal’s season.

“I can imagine a lot of them”, he said.

Spanish midfielder Juan Mata heaped praise on his young team mate but also highlighted the impact of the other academy graduates, who have plugged the holes of United’s injury-ravaged first team squad of late.

“We struggled to be risky because they defended very well and I will analyse the game again to see why. Marcus played well in both so he is a special talent”.

Van Gaal, 64, has been under serious pressure for several months at United, but Sunday’s victory was the club’s third successive win in all competitions and dealt a painful blow to Arsenal’s title hopes.

“It is not a part of my philosophy because I don’t think you can influence the game from that spot”, he said. “We knew it was going to be hard but, as I said, no matter what opposition you play against, if you make mistakes, you’re going to be punished”.

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