Rooney is England’s greatest ever – Herrera

“They [Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Morgan Schneiderlin and Ander Herrera] played very well, I have to say that, but it was not for nothing that I kept Rojo here because he was injured”. We are similar players.

The pair both found the back of the net on Merseyside as two first-half goals proved too much for Roberto Martinez’s side to come back from, before Wayne Rooney sealed all three points with his first away league goal since last November.

He will now be looking to help the side kick on as they have two crunch games against CSKA Moscow in the Champions League and Manchester City in Premier League. Van Gaal, who also delivered a positive update on Luke Shaw’s fitness, said that he “did not want to discuss” reports about Depay’s character, and retained his belief in the player.

Ander Herrera after the Manchester United’s 3-0 win against Everton on Saturday praised Wayne Rooney as the best ever English player.

“I think people value me because I always try to give everything for the team”.

“I am very happy with the response of my players and I am very proud of the performance”, added the Dutchman.

“When you play with the best players, you take advantage of that”, he said.

Despite his reasonably prolific record, Rooney has fallen behind new golden boy Anthony Martial in the goalscorer stakes of late, with the Frenchman priced at a slightly more slender 8/5 (2.60) to strike anytime.

“Some players can not adapt to the team philosophy”, Van Gaal told reporters.

“It’s a fantastic performance I think and after the defeat against Arsenal we needed that”.

“I enjoyed the chance the manager gave to me and I want to keep helping the team”, said the Spaniard.

“I have a lot of meetings, individual and team meetings, 10 or 15 between Wednesday and this match and then you have to decide who is playing because of the opponent and the state of your players”.

Jamie Redknapp has said that Manchester United have to start natural defenders to win the Premier League title this season.