LVG Criticises United’s Young Duo

Victory was United’s second straight 1-0 win after last week’s win over Tottenham and van Gaal believes they can still improve despite their 100 per cent record. The Red Devils were defensively compact and didn’t allow Villa to create any clear cut chances.

The boss admitted that his side struggled to make an impact in the final third which effectively cost them the game.

“The key for success this season is improving in away matches”.

Such is Louis van Gaal’s ruthlessness, we won’t know if he is definitely staying until after the transfer deadline.

They’re not going to click and start firing straight away and the frontline will look better when forward Rudy Gestede is fit enough to play for 90 minutes on a consistent basis. He was a bit critical but was happy with Januzaj’s performance.

However, the Dutchman was not too pleased with the way Januzaj and Memphis lost possession of the ball.

“We have also Adnan Januzaj, Chicharito (Javier Hernandez) and (James) Wilson so I don’t think we have a lack of strikers”. “He had a lot of ball losses, but not only him, also his fellow players”.

On the other hand Depay had seven shots in the match, the most by any player on the field.

Ayew’s best chance of the game came when a mistake from Manchester United left him one on one with defender Chris Smalling.

“Now, he wasn’t magnificent today by any stretch of the imagination, but the footballing arrogance will come when he plays more and gains confidence”.

“It is not a good question”, he said. “I don’t answer the question.”

Sherwood said: “There was no-one shining down on us tonight, that’s for sure”.

Villa manager Tim Sherwood gave home debuts to six players and with four of them taking their first steps in the Premier League, he conceded that it will take time for his team to find a winning formula.

“It was only rumours”.

“It is hard to judge us against Manchester United, but it was not what I was looking for”. We kept the ball very well, scored the goal but after we scored I think we were running out of the game.

“I hope to have more games in my legs and hopefully score more goals”, he added.