Rooney frustrated again as Manchester United held to draw with Newcastle

It’s the sort of fundamental with which he enjoys punctuating press conferences.

Phil Jones is still unavailable for United’s next game at home to Newcastle on Saturday because of mild thrombosis and Marcos Rojo is unlikely to feature as he still lacks match fitness.

The Argentine previously worked with Van Gaal during his time at Dutch club AZ Alkmaar when they famously won the Eredivisie title.

“It’s just a case of one of those falling in, but the majority of the team is getting those opportunities so if we keep creating those chances, they will come”. Luke Shaw suggested United will be fine once they start “taking a few chances”.

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Newcastle boss Steve McClaren has declared that Louis van Gaal is the ideal man to bring success back to Manchester United.

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has urged manager Louis van Gaal to take a gamble on the signing of Paris Saint-Germain star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Metro reports. “Sometimes, if there is a big opponent, we will swap around but he can handle himself as well so I am enjoying playing alongside him“. We did it today, we did it against Aston Villa and against Tottenham.

United’s dominance seemed to be based around the fact they managed to enjoy 70% of possession.

And besides, dominating possession isn’t a guarantee of anything.

And Van Gaal admitted that, even if he finds one of the top strikers in global football, there is no guarantee he will succeed. I have to protect the people in my organisation and you can say anything, you can mention any player but I can’t answer these questions. “The Premier League is stronger than in Holland everybody knows that”. We have Adnan Januzaj.

Memphis Depay was the catalyst for their midweek win over Club Brugge, but he could not get going here – his below-par display summed up by a wild shot blazed well over the bar on the hour.

Rooney’s form has been indifferent. Perhaps worse, he’s only completed 0.3 successful dribbles per game. But Van Gaal is satisfied with his captain’s contribution and believes he already has plenty of firepower within his squad. But at the moment, his “process” seems a stifling phenomenon, one that is inhibiting natural attacking flair.