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“I think the adrenaline helped him through”. My wife had had no twinges at that point and then she rang me at 7 o’clock to say she had started to feel some contractions but wasn’t sure whether they were Braxton Hicks false ones or not. Those were all...

“You never want to lose the game but I saw enough in that day to know we had actually got our identity back“.

With van Gaal apparently having more bodies from which to select, following returns from injury and a lack of pre-season training, the United manager is toying with the idea of using Ander Herrera in the “number 10” position, playing behind his solitary striker....

His involvement stretched his number of competitive appearances to 56 (32 goals) – Wayne Rooney played 47 (22 goals) – plus an end-of-season jaunt across the world to the Far East. Tottenham warned of burn-out, but when it came to it manager Mauricio Pochettino did...

Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick and Ander Herrera chipped in with another goal as United sealed their progression to the Champions League group stages with a 7-1 aggregate win.

As far as the supporters are concerned though, there’s only one outcome in this year’s Champions League campaign…

Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama – another Tottenham target – is resigned to staying on the south coast, with the relationship between his club and the north Londoners strained.

The National’s Sport cover for the Monday, August 31 issue, featuring Bafetimbi Gomis as Swansea City defeated Manchester United in the Premier League.

Louis Van Gaal handed Ander Herrera his first start of the season in place of Morgan Schneiderlin, while Michael Carrick started ahead of Bastian Schweinstiger.

Van Gaal said that Fellaini would be more a number nine or 10 than at six or eight this season, the BBC reported.

“They’re certainly not… what you want to win you a league, the powerful characters, the strength you need running through your team. With Benteke, I think it was Gabriel who tried to intercept the ball in front of me so I had to wait, I knew I had to be there...

“John Terry is an exemplary captain, who has treated me very well since I arrived”.

Pedro then went on to explain the reasoning behind his move away from the club where he had grown up as a footballer.

Speaking on Sky Sports, the former Manchester United full-back criticized Wenger for building teams that seem to lack the power of his three Premier League title-winning sides between 1998 and 2004.

While United captain Wayne Rooney may be enduring a personal nightmare start to the season the young Dutchman admits he’s leaning on the under fire England striker for advice as he finds his feet at Old Trafford and in the English Premier League.