• Van Gaal defends team choice against PSV Eindhoven
Champions League place in peril after Wolfsburg bound top of group[br]Louis van Gaal came up with a variation on Sven-Goran Eriksson’s old “first half righteous,second half not so righteous” routine when describing the dire Manchester United performance that looks likely to cost them a place in the Champions League knockout stage.“In the first half it was average and in the second half it didn’t improve, despite all the changes I made, and ” the United manager complained. Those changes involved sending on Marouane Fellaini as a target man and Juan Mata for an almost insulting six minutes at the close,but Van Gaal dismissed criticism of his original lineup. Related: Manchester United’s Champions League hopes in balance after PSV stalemate Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com