Van Gaal, Reds booed after latest flop show
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LOUIS van Gaal admitted the furious reaction of Manchester United supporters to the 0-1 defeat against Southampton was the worst he has experienced.
Van Gaal’s side failed to score at Old Trafford for the seventh time this season and was eventually beaten by a late headed goal from Southampton debutant Charlie Austin.
United’s dejected players trudged off with boos ringing in their ears at full-time.
Van Gaal was also subjected to renewed derision from disgruntled fans who have given the Dutchman plenty of abuse for his conservative tactics over the last few months.
“I can imagine (why) also because I have seen a poor match. I cannot change that feeling. I can only work hard with my players to improve our game and that is what I am doing.
“Of course I am disappointed but I have to think and already I put the question how I can change this because we have to change this. That is my job and it’s not an easy job at the moment. Nevertheless, we have won three times in 2016 and had a draw, so they were very good results in January.
“But we could not show it in this game. I did not see that confidence today.”
United remains fifth but is five points behind Tottenham, which came from behind to win 3-1 at Crystal Palace.
Also, having set the record for scoring in 11 consecutive Premier League games earlier in the season, Jamie Vardy ended a goal drought exceeding 10 hours.
Danny Drinkwater and Leonardo Ulloa scored either side of Vardy’s 66th-minute goal in Leicester’s 3-0 win over Stoke.
The biggest scoring game was on the east coast with a nine-goal thriller, including two in stoppage time. After Norwich threw away a 3-1 lead in the second half to Liverpool, Sebastian Bassong thought he had secured a 4-4 draw. But in the fourth minute of injury time, Adam Lallana scored his first goal of the season to clinch a 5-4 victory for 7th-place Liverpool.
City remains third. Sergio Aguero canceled out goals from Enner Valencia, who put West Ham ahead after only 53 seconds and then seized on a long throw-in that City failed to defend in the second half.
Elsewhere, Watford beat Newcastle 2-1, Sunderland was held 1-1 by Bournemouth, and bottom-place Aston Villa drew 0-0 with West Bromwich Albion.
In Spain, Luis Suarez set up Munir El Haddadi’s opening goal in the second minute. After Malaga’s pressure led to Juan “Juanpi” Anor leveling, Lionel Messi restored Barcelona’s advantage for good with a skillful scissor kick after halftime.
Elsewhere, fourth-place Villarreal drew 2-2 at Espanyol, while Rayo Vallecano defeated fifth-place Celta Vigo, and Granada edged Getafe 3-2.
In Germany, Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a goal and set up another for Borussia Dortmund to win 3-1 at Borussia Moenchengladbach and stay eight points behind Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich. Striker Hugo Almeida scored but couldn’t prevent his new club Hannover from slumping to a 1-2 home loss to Darmstadt.
Stuttgart came from behind to win at Cologne 3-1.
In Italy, AC Milan twice surrendered the lead and was held to a 2-2 draw at Empoli in an entertaining match in Serie A.
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