Louis van Gaal Offers Another Very Positive Update on Luke Shaw’s Progress

Van Gaal has endured a frosty relationship this season with journalists as United has slipped out of the top four, winning only one out of the last eight English Premier League games to sit on 34 points.

Yet Van Gaal will doubtless feel that his approach has been vindicated by United this time securing the right result.

Liverpool – still in flux under Klopp and struggling for consistency – had the better of the first-half chances but were made to rue missed opportunities from the likes of Adam Lallana and Jordan Henderson.

Both were involved in dramatic 3-3 draws in midweek and although it was too much to hope for a repeat, the standard of finishing on display never suggested it would come remotely close.

Van Gaal said: “You can see he plays a very aggressive and pressing kind of game and he already knows the difference between the Premier League and the German league”.

A ragged half for the visitors ended with Ashley Young hobbling off after appearing to injure his groin, with youngster Cameron Borthwick-Jackson coming on.

In the final half-hour, Henderson side-footed a shot straight at De Gea from the edge of the area, while the Spaniard was called on again to deny Can and Firmino in quick succession.

Manchester United’s Anthony Martial attempts a shot against Liverpool on Sunday in the Premier League. “It was a really great start to my career at this club”. The difference in quality between both sets of goalkeepers can not be ignored, and De Gea is clearly the victor here.

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With Liverpool growing in confidence, it seemed likely they would break the deadlock after the break, but De Gea kept out Emre Can and Roberto Firmino impressively.

But they claim he would be prepared to take a hands-on role behind the scenes as an advisor to Ryan Giggs if United chiefs think it’s too early for the Welshman to go it alone.