Louis van Gaal: ‘The Pressure Is Lowering’ After Improved Man Utd Performances

Louis van Gaal believes the pressure is easing on Manchester United after they recorded their first win in nine matches.

After recharging their batteries, Van Gaal’s squad will return to training ahead of Saturday’s visit of Sheffield United in the FA Cup third round. We did that today and then, in the second half, they exhausted because we really did press them.

However, this latest attack comes with a more hard-headed view from the chief executive officer of Adidas.

Hainer told the German newspaper Suddeutsche: “Business with Man United is going very well – we sell more shirts than expected”.

Regardless, confidence has lifted at United’s training ground, formations were switched and the team played a higher defensive line against Chelsea, which added excitement that has been lacking – even if part of that was due to the away side breaking away with opportunities of their own.

It seemed extremely naïve of Van Gaal to enter a season with only Wayne Rooney and Antony Martial as recognised strikers, especially letting Javier Hernandez go to Germany who is absolutely thriving there.

“I think now the pressure is lowering, the performance shall be better every week”.

“We have said before he was playing at 16, so, in reality terms he’s maybe like a 33 or 34-year-old player”, he told Sky Sports. Never, and I’ve been in this profession for 25 years. Well, according to Carragher the answer is very simple, he needs to score goals over a prolonged period.

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).

United endured a dismal end to 2015, slipping out of the Premier League top four and exiting the Champions League after embarking on their worst run in 26 years. “I hope it is a fantastic starting point for the team and for him”.

The Red Devils made the breakthrough early in the second half of Saturday’s clash after Anthony Martial beat Swansea City goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski at Old Trafford.

Arsenal dispensed with its typically silky football and toughed out a 1-0 win over Newcastle, through a goal from defender Laurent Koscielny, to move two points clear at the top.