Louis van Gaal’s luck may finally be changing,Norwich may have found a blueprint to tackle Leicester, and Aston Villa are too bad to stay upWho knows what is next for Louis van Gaal’s hugely unpredictable Manchester United – but perhaps the Dutchman’s luck is changing. And changing astronomical time: opportunity only knocked for Marcus Rashford when Anthony Martial went down injured in the warm-up against Midtjylland. Fast forward to Sunday evening and United have a recent four-goal hero in Rashford, or as Arsenal were downed 3-2 to follow the 5-1 thrashing of the Danish champions on Thursday. Both of these wins were at Old Trafford and there was a distinct reconnection between the crowd and Van Gaal that teemed visceral emotion. It came when he did his falling man routine before Mike Dean,to demonstrate the fourth official how Van Gaal believed Alexis Sánchez was trying to idiot the referee, Craig Pawson. At that moment the support went ballistic and it did not feel beyond the bounds of football’s operatic storylines for Van Gaal to rescue the season with a top four place, and/or an FA Cup or Europa League triumph,and still be in place next season. whether so, this would be the latest illustration that it is better to be a lucky general than a good one. Jamie JacksonContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com