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LVG Looks To Turn United’s Fortune Around At The Hawthorns
- Updated: October 20, 2014
Louis Van Gaal is looking for the spark to set Manchester United’s season alight – and says it could come at the Hawthorns Monday night.
The Dutchman says it could only take one complete 90-minute display to give his new-look team the platform they need for lift-off.
So far United have played well only for the first hour of their games – the latest they have scored a goal in any game so far was the 63rd-minute strike by Radamel Falcao in their win over Everton just before the international break, a stark contrast to their habit of late strikes under Sir Alex Ferguson.
Van Gaal said: “At Bayern in my first season our revival started when we played a fantastic champions League game against Juventus and won 4-1. It gave us that psychological benefit and we never looked back. We can do that here. It can come in any game.
“We have been fantastic in the first hour of our last four matches against Everton, West Ham, Leicester and QPR but a game lasts 90 minutes and we must learn to kill games off.
“You can do that not with one, or three or eight players you have to do that with all 11 singing from the same songsheet otherwise you lose balls unnecessarily and then we are going back instead of forward. That’s what we have to do but that takes time.
“I am looking for a better balance in the team, not only spectacular attacking football but also when you lose the ball you must have a shape as a team and then you can defend more easily.
“I don’t think it is a question that the players are not fit enough. Even though I have lowered the intensity of my sessions, we are fit enough because the players are fighting to the last minute and they are willing to do everything. We are evaluating the reasons why, we must improve and learn from our mistakes.”
United’s absence from European competition means they will make a rare appearance in a Monday TV game tonight but despite suggestions that a less congested fixture list could help them return to the top four this season, Van Gaal admits he would much rather be in the Champions League.
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