Arsenal Petr Cech admits faltering title race after Man United loss
The 22-year-old was tasked with the hard challenge of marking Alexis Sanchez, and although he received an early booking, he manged to keep the Chilean star relatively quiet during the match.
The 64-year-old, however, apologized to referee Craig Pawson and the lineman after the match and admitted that he had to work on controlling his emotions, the Manchester Evening News reported.
I think always the number one has the biggest chance, and that is Leicester – you can see for yourself.
“Of course, when you have so much attention from the media, it can go in another way”.
The striker, who has been making an impression in United’s junior sides for some time, scored twice on his debut against Midtjylland in the Europa League last Thursday and again on Sunday in the 3-2 defeat of Arsenal in the Premier League.
Michael Carrick is confident that Marcus Rashford can deal with the limelight after the teenager fired Manchester United to a 3-2 Premier League win over Arsenal.
Van Gaal’s policy of keeping a small squad has forced him to call up a host of players from the club’s academy as injuries have restricted his options. I don’t think that [all the media scrutiny] is beneficial for a boy of 18.
Wilkins warned against falling into the trap of “putting this young man under too much pressure too soon”, but fellow studio guest Iwan Roberts has been impressed by Rashford’s fearlessness. I can understand that you are praising him but still we have to manage him.
After his doubles against FC Midtyjlland and Arsenal, Rashford is expected to start his third game in six games against Watford at Old Trafford tonight but Van Gaal believes it will be tough for him to maintain his hot streak.
Van Gaal said it was “remarkable” what Rashford had achieved but added he still had to show consistency.
Van Gaal was the subject of a freakish moment when he purposely fell on the floor in front of the fourth official. “I think at that time maybe I was right”. The likes of Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and David Beckham all showed that they were going to go on an be brilliant players even when they were youngsters.
“The players have to think on the pitch and not the manager”.
They are very professional, and I hope that we can continue.
“The player who was surprising for me talent-wise was Rashford because of the timing of his movement and his intelligence”, he said.