Louis Van Gaal is known for his all-round support to each member of his team and that is why whenever any of his players makes any mistake during a game, he stands by him no matter what the rest of the world is saying about him and Radamel Falcao is already close to him. Last Manchester United game with Queen’s Park Rangers was the one where everyone saw unexpected mistakes being done by the United’s forwards that missed them at least four goals but since Reds Devils won the game eventually, no one raised the eyebrow. Had United lost the game everybody would have lambasted the manager and Falcao for his persisting fumbles at Etihad Stadium. Notably, 28-year-old Columbian forward missed four chances to score a goal despite having a round support of other players. Thankfully, Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson did not copy him and netted one goal each to earn full three points out of the game. Categorically talking about Falcao and his visible mistakes, Dutchman said, “It’s not important what I think about Falcao, because he wants to score goals. I have to judge how he has played, and scoring goals is an important aspect of a striker, but for me it’s also important that he can be a point of the attack, and I think he did well.”
Clarifying why he had to abandon his known 3-4-1-2 field spread, former Barcelona manager added, “The main thing is we played in the first half like QPR wanted us to. We did the same thing as them, through the air and long balls. QPR are better than us at that. You have to play on the ground, and in the second-half we changed the shape. That helped us also. In the first half we created only one chance, which I think Falcao had to score, and then he had three chances in the second half.”
United fans obviously expect Gaal’s army to enjoy ball possession with confidence unlike what they did in the last game when QPR enjoyed the field dominance in the first half. He added, “In football, it’s not always the better team that wins. I think when you win then everybody is happy and everyone is more comfortable. We lost to Southampton and we were the better team and we created better chances. When you are not stretching with your strikers, the opponent makes the space compact. That is why Di Maria and Wilson have been playing in attack.”