Much more to come from Manchester United, says Louis van Gaal
We're just getting started insists manager as Red Devils move up to fourth
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal believes his new-look team can make their presence felt at the top end of the Premier League once they hit top form after a 2-1 win over Everton.
Goals from Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao – his first for the club – were just enough to give United a third successive home win that owed much to goalkeeper David de Gea, whose outstanding display included a penalty save from Everton’s England international Leighton Baines.
But Van Gaal knows his side, now fourth in the table ahead of the international break, can and must do better.
“That is what I have told my players. We are not playing good but we are already fourth in the table. What is coming when we are playing well?,” he said.
“But we have to do it 90 minutes. We have played very good for 45 minutes already, sometimes for 50 or 60, but we have to do it for 90 and that needs time,” explained the Dutchman.
United should have had more to show than Di Maria’s third goal of the season for their first-half domination.