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Van Gaal, go figure!
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MANCHESTER United’s insistence on playing possession football under manager Louis van Gaal means it takes far more passes for every shot than any other Premier League team, statistics released yesterday showed.
According to details from leading football data specialist Opta, league leader Leicester City needs only 46 successful passes for a shot on target. That is the fewest in the league while United’s 131 passes is the most.
Damningly, United has managed just seven shots on target in its last four home games — also the worst record in the league — leading to regular chants of “attack, attack, attack” from the Old Trafford crowd.
The total number of shots on target from 17 games is 61, the 15th lowest. Tottenham is top with 110 and Manchester City second with 104.
In the past two months United has played five goalless draws at home, against City, Middlesbrough, CSKA Moscow, PSV Eindhoven and West Ham United.
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