Today was Manchester United ‘s preview presser for the Manchester Derby. Below you’ll find the entire YouTube of the Louis Van Gaal pre-match press conference in full. Then below the embedded video you can read some of the best Van Gaal quotes that relate Sunday’s match against Manchester City.
-“‘Never change a winning team’ is an English expression,” “But I always have my eyes open.”
-“You must see the quality of your opponent and make a decision with the staff, so it’s not always [about] never changing the team.”
-“I’m always confident because I believe in my team.”
-The manager confirms to reporters that Andreas Pereira is unavailable as he is away on international duty with Brazil U20s.
Louis van Gaal: “Not only Angel (Di Maria) is pushing for a place, but every player who is training in the first squad are pushing, they want to do their utmost.”
Louis van Gaal: “I played 11 versus 11 today & the team in white was very good – the white team was not the basic line-up, so they’re pushing and I like that”
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