Manchester United boss Van Gaal says Swansea benefitted from their own time

“That is why I am proud they can do it under this pressure”. We are training, but scoring goals is a quality. However, just 22 minutes later, Gylfi Sigurdsson, tied it up for Sweansea City at Old Trafford to make it 1-1.

“It’s unbelievable that you can perform the game plan like we have done, in a risky style, under this pressure, ” Van Gaal said.

And the playing staff were also angered by their own performances on the pitch, Van Gaal revealed. “Unfortunately, he couldn’t score against Chelsea, but I think he will be very happy today”. Never, and I’ve been in this profession for 25 years.

“When you see how they played with 10 men behind the middle line, then it is more hard”.

Whilst the Swansea result was ultimately positive, Old Trafford was on the cusp of another revolt after the opening 45 minutes yesterday.

United have lost four of their last five games against Swansea in all competitions and Van Gaal admits there is no magic formula to ending that sequence.

Juan Mata had two shots saved by Fabianski, who also clutched a header from Rooney.

At the halftime whistle, United had failed to score a first-half goal again. “In the second half we scored two attractive goals from Martial and Rooney”. “He wants to play, but I can imagine that he can’t always play in this world”, van Gaal said.

It was his 238th United goal, taking him past Denis Law into second place in the list of all-time United scorers, and his 188th Premier League goal, putting him in second place behind Alan Shearer (260). But you can not change that any more.

“The difference was we scored the goals and then everyone is saying the second half is better”.

With United having ended their poor run there is now hope Van Gaal can take the team forward, although it still must be said that the first-half was much more of the same stuttering football that has haunted United supporters over the course of this campaign.

“I communicate everything with the players. I hope it is a fantastic starting point for the team and for him”. It was his cross which found Anthony Martial who headed in with confidence to give the home team the lead. We note with interest that Van Gaal has started to wonder publicly if getting rid of the rest of his strikers might have been a bit silly.