Here is the video of the full Louis van Gaal press conference today previewing the match on Sunday between Manchester United and Leicester City. The main takeaway of course was the comments Van Gaal made about Cristiano Ronaldo.
We’ve covered that in a previous post yesterday.
There was another theme to emerge from Van Gaal’s presser today. He cleverly articulated how every game they play, it’s the biggest game of the year for their opponent. Manchester United is going to get everyone’s best shot.
“The result was very good I think – 4-0 is a big result but also the way we have played, I think the fans shall enjoy it,” said Louis van Gaal.
“I hope to do that again because that’s our goal and the purpose of the game is to entertain the fans.
“That’s not so easy because every opponent of Manchester United is doing their utmost best. You can see it against Sunderland, Burnley and it will be the same at Leicester.
“The crowd is coming, it’s always a full house and fantastic atmosphere and then it’s always difficult to win a match.”
“I have to admit that when I was the manager of Barcelona and Bayern Munich it was the same because they were the best clubs in the country and everyone wants to beat you.”
“That’s the same feeling I have now at United and that’s good for the sport that it’s like that.”
“But I want to explain it’s never easy, in the Spanish League or the German League also and it’s the same in the Premier League.”
Like he said, Louis van Gaal has definitely been there before. He’s felt this kind of pressure and he knows how to handle it.
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