Chris Smalling slams Manchester United's 'unacceptable' display in shock FC Midtjylland defeat

Feb 22, 2016, 09:46
Chris Smalling slams Manchester United's 'unacceptable' display in shock FC Midtjylland defeat

Memphis Depay thinks he's way better than he is, so they tell me, and Anthony Martial has been no world-beater either.

Bedy Moratti, who now works as a director at Inter Milan and is the honorary president of the club's supporters' group Inter Club, made this inadvertent revelation when she was interviewed by calciomercato.com, via the Guardian, at a recent luncheon.

Defence: van Gaal has problems in defence as Matteo Darmian has been ruled out with a dislocated shoulder and with Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Ashley Young also out through injury, the Dutchman has limited options to choose from.

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Jose Mourinho is regarded as the firm favorite to replace Louis Van Gaal at Manchester United. He'll be intent on proving his former club wrong for letting him go. But then, in November and December, Manchester United's form massively decline.

The Van Gaal experiment does not seem to have worked, and reached a new low on Thursday night when United were downed 2-1 by FC Midtjylland in their Europa League last-32 first leg.

A major criticism of Van Gaal this season, apart from results, has been United's style of play, with the team being branded tiresome and boring to watch and devoid of the attacking flair synonymous with the club.

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"The aggression that you start the game with is something you need to match with the other team, something that I don't think we have done recently". Mourinho said, "There is one thing I want to clarify - I will not be directing things over there next season". The club is well known in the whole world so they always have to play for trophies. Right now I have respect for every coach at every club.

"I'm very fortunate to have seen it a couple of times now and to be able to see it again is something I can look forward to".

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