Louis van Gaal’s possession obsession risks blunting Manchester United’s edge | Jonat

[Jonathan Wilson]

Manchester United may be dominating matches but, the Brugge game aside, their failings in front of goal have given ammunition to their manager’s critics“My worry,” Louis van Gaal said after Manchester United’s draw against Newcastle on Saturday, “is that we have to dominate the opponent.” He wasn’t bothered, he insisted, that his side had failed to score, and he felt no great urge to sign another striker despite the ineffectiveness of Wayne Rooney; rather he was happy because “three times we are the better team … We did it today, we did it against Aston Villa and against Tottenham. Against Tottenham was less but against Villa, Brugge and today we dominated.”
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