Louis van Gaal has told Manchester United fans and media to stop living
in the past.
The
Dutchman faced more difficult questions on Friday after United’s exit from the
Champions League on Tuesday; United are fourth in the Premier League but have scored
just 20 goals in 15 matches.
Van
Gaal’s critics again railed against the Dutchman in the wake of a defeat to
Wolfsburg that was so spectacular it might have belonged in
the David Moyes era.
But if
United fans were looking for a rallying cry from their manager in the wake of
the humbling defeat, they did not get one.
Van
Gaal was asked at a press conference on the eve of United’s trip to Bournemouth
whether he could make up for the club’s Champions League exit by winning the
Premier League.
“No.
It is difficult,” the United manager said. “You (the media) want to raise the
expectations. We shall do everything to win something but it is very difficult.
“For
the fans it shall be like that. But I want to manage the expectation. It is not
as easy as everybody thinks.
“You
can see what is happening in the Premier League every week. It is not so easy.
When
questioned further, a defensive Van Gaal said: “You have to analyse the
club as it is now.
“You
cannot compare it with 10 years ago, because there is an evolution in football
and in European football.”
Actually,
ten years ago Manchester United – under Sir Alex Ferguson – also went out at
the Champions League group stages and eventually finished second in the Premier
League.
Source: Football 365
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