Two Beautiful Goals – Louis van Gaal Revels In Manchester United Win

The slight rejuvenation, if not renaissance under Louis Van Gaal was evident in the match against Chelsea as United played like a team possessed and were extremely unlucky not to win as they were denied by the post and Courtois Jedi-like reflexes.

I think we played a very risky system against Swansea because they had a shape with four midfielders in a diamond.

“They were two very well-worked goals and to see your two strikers get on the scoresheet, hopefully with the number of chances that we create it’s only a matter of time until these goals start coming and fingers crossed they’ll start coming now”.

Van Gaal told the BBC, “It’s wonderful that you can perform the game plan like we have done, in a risky style, under this pressure. But we have won and the most important thing is we have scored two fantastic goals.” .

After a goalless and worrying first half Anthony Martial did what he does best, heading in the opening goal two minutes after the break.

“We could have kept all the strikers, but then there would have been a lot of strikers in the stand. They are not happy then”, van Gaal asserted.

For the first half on Saturday, we witnessed a return to the turgid football that has so frustrated United fans this season; sideways passes, a slow, methodical build-up, and a lack of cutting edge football.

“I hope it is a fantastic starting point for the team, ” Van Gaal said. “But we were mostly in attack”, he said.

Anthony Martial has been a revelation since arriving at Old Trafford for £36million in the summer but the Red Devils dispensed of Javier Hernandez, Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao all at once.

It was a special way to score his 238th goal for United, moving into outright second ahead of Denis Law, and it proved to be the victor too despite Ashley Williams testing De Gea with a thumping effort in stoppage time.

Wayne Rooney emerged from his recent malaise to net a cracking victor against Swansea at Old Trafford on Saturday.

A moment of magic from Wayne Rooney. “He’s so direct. I know I wouldn’t want to play against him”. And, most importantly, three points. He must have played almost 600 [club] games as a centre-forward, which is maybe not the same as playing in the position I did.

Manchester United’s next match comes in the FA Cup Third Round against the League One side, who are now in eighth place in their division. But we want to give pressure from the first minute and we have done that.