‘Concerned’ Van Gaal urges Man Utd to keep fighting

Bournemouth scored in each half via two set plays, with Junior Stanislas breaking the deadlock straight from a corner after just three minutes.

Jamie Redknapp, meanwhile, repeated Roy Keane’s claim that United’s players are hiding behind the criticism of the manager. “That’s the most important thing”.

“I work hard, my players work hard, now we are in the Europa League and we have to work hard to win that”.

“The difference is not so big any more”. I can’t see how it’s going to get better now.

While the former Bayern Munich boss accepts there are certain games this season where he has failed to mastermind the results expected, he has pointed to the strengthening of the Premier League as proof that demanding constant victories is simply unrealistic.

“Because of the injuries, we have to play with a lot of youngsters, but I have to say that the youngsters have played well, especially Cameron Borthwick-Jackson”.

“And then to come to Bournemouth, we wanted to bounce back and we tried to bounce back and to fall short like we have is doubly disappointing”.

United are now winless in five in all competitions, leaving them three points off the summit, though Leicester City can move six points clear when they host champions Chelsea on Monday.

Manchester United’s Champions League exit this week has put Louis van Gaal back in the spotlight again.

“We are very disappointed”, caretaker Swansea manager Alan Curtis said. They’re not on TV very often and they’ve lost to all of the big teams. That is our aim and objective but it is, of course, more hard when you lose two times in a row.

Louis van Gaal has been backed to make Manchester United’s season a successful one by predecessor David Moyes. “We give a lot of attention to our organisation but they had a few variations and they did it very well but still it can not be”. “I don’t think that’s any benefit for me or the players [dwelling] on something like that, we have to go on and I think that’s more important”.

If you had said when Liverpool won the title in 1990 that they would go for 25 years without winning it again you would have been laughed at, but that is what has happened.

“Also against Wolfsburg it was already the reason why we lost, so it’s a very strong lesson for us”. I don’t talk about the past. “I know in the Premier League that everybody can beat everybody”.

“We tried until the end, we had chances, but then you need also some luck”.

“You have to perform in a certain way”, he added.

“Now that the atmosphere around the place is so bad, I can’t see it getting better”.

However, Van Gaal was adamant that his players still believed in him, despite this latest defeat. I think also the players have to do that by themselves.