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Van Persie and United Hit Form Despite Di María Blow * 30.11.14 10 | SPORT | Football | Barclays Premier League Van Persie and United hit form despite Di María blow MANCHESTER UNITED 3 collected the ball when it was returned Smalling 16 Rooney 42 Van Persie 66 to him from a free-kick and, with his weaker right foot, spun in a lovely HULL 0 cross that found the United No12. This time, though, Smalling’s attempt was deflected. Jamie Jackson The manager was surely purring at Old Trafford half-time. Van Gaal may have informed his team to keep on as they had been, Manchester United turned in their best with much of the hard work done in the performance of the season on a near- buildup, according to his own pre-game perfect day for the nascent Louis van thoughts which offered insight into a Gaal project. meticulous work ethic. The caveat was the sight of Ángel di “My staff prepare thoroughly in the María pulling up injured and Wayne weeks leading up to a match,” Van Gaal Rooney requiring treatment at the close said. “Information on the opposition is for a knee problem. Yet an outing featur- gathered so I know everything about ing a slice of goalscoring redemption for them, about the individual players, about Robin van Persie, a first appearance for the substitutes who can come into the Radamel Falcao in nearly six weeks and game, what the atmosphere in the sta- a third consecutive victory for the first dium is like and how they kick the first time under Van Gaal should hardly be ball of the match. Everything. grumbled at. “My analyst, Marcel Bout, goes to The manager confirmed Di María had the matches of the opposing teams. He pulled his hamstring muscle when near gives video clips of the games and his the centre circle and, after being replaced analysis to Ryan Giggs, who then turns moments later by Ander Herrera, is out all the information into a presentation of Stoke City’s visit on Tuesday. which he then runs by me so I can make While there is less concern over changes, if necessary. Ryan will then pre- Rooney – he also suffered a kick to a sent it to the players. The next day we calf – Di María’s removal forced the evaluate our training sessions and we manager into a reshuffle. Van Persie, simulate our opponents.” who had been operating in an unfamil- Yesterday’s opponents started the iar midfield role, was pushed up to join second half by winning a free-kick. This Rooney in attack, where Di María had was duly cleared by United, with Van been stationed. Persie pivotal in helping kill the danger, The formation – a quasi 4-2-2-2 – which indicated his willingness to pitch was a puzzle. Apart from the sight of Di in whatever his personal woes. María operating alongside the captain, A chief bugbear of Van Gaal before Ashley Young was at left-back and Van this game had been that United needed Gaal could hardly have boosted the spir- to turn in a display for the full 90 min- its of Van Persie by demoting his status utes. The sight, then, of Andrew Rob- for the day. ertson, the visiting left-back, driving Before the match the manager through a slumbering rearguard would claimed the striker was suffering a lack not have pleased the Dutchman. Robert- of confidence and this was illustrated son’s eventual shot did not beat David before the break when he was clear in on de Gea but here was a warning not to Allan McGregor’s goal. Instead of slot- switch off. ting home with aplomb, as a Van Persie As the game aged, so did Van Persie, in form would, he merely dragged the like a vintage wine. The 31-year-old effort straight to the keeper. skated past Michael Dawson and was Still, it was his smart touch that made felled so the defender went into the book United’s second. Juan Mata swept a of the referee, Anthony Taylor. THE INJURY LIST GROWS UNITED NOW UP TO 41 AND COUNTING diagonal ball to Herrera. The midfield- Next came Van Persie’s moment. Her- er’s nod down went infield to the Dutch- rera, enjoying his best match for United, Ángel di María’s hamstring injury was the man and his lay-off was put ruthlessly intercepted a Robertson pass. He found 41st reported this season by United – an beyond McGregor by Rooney. Van Persie and, with a swish of that average of more than three injuries per This meant United were coasting lethal left boot, the Dutchman placed a game – with Wayne Rooney also taking when they entered the break. Earlier, 20-yard peach past McGregor before, a a late knock. Before yesterday’s match Chris Smalling had given them the lead. little later, being replaced by Falcao. Di Maria discussed United’s problem A goalmouth scramble developed when At the end the Colombian missed from – and why he felt confident he could Marouane Fellaini went for a header and close in but it was all academic by then. avoid becoming part of it. “As far as I’m after Smalling’s initial effort came back concerned, a lot of it is all in the head … I just to Van Persie the latter’s attempt was MANCHESTER UNITED De Gea; Valencia (Fletcher 74), don’t think about it. I do as much as I can Smalling, Rojo■, Young; Fellaini■, Carrick; Van Persie repelled by McGregor and, this time, (Falcao 70), Mata; Di María (Herrera 14), Rooney to avoid injury and to look after myself and Smalling’s effort was adjudged to have Subs not used Januzaj, Lindegaard, McNair, Blackett let’s hope that nothing goes wrong, right? HULL McGregor; Chester■, Dawson■, Davies, crossed the goalline. Robertson; Elmohamady, Livermore, Diamé (Quinn 75), There are footballers who need to train Smalling, who had not scored since Brady (Meyler 75); Jelavic, Ben Arfa (Aluko 35) more to deal with the physical side; I go Boxing Day (also against Hull), came Subs not used Rosenior, Bruce, Huddlestone, Jakupovic about it as normal, so, I’m not really worried Old Trafford 75,345 JESSE LINGARD JONNY EVANS PHIL JONES RAFAEL DALEY BLIND close to a second after neat work from about that.” United’s current injury list: MF Knee CB Ankle CB Shin RB Groin CM Knee the impressive Mata. The Spaniard Game rating |||||||||| Referee Anthony Taylor Jedinak the Palace leveller leaves Swansea counting cost of spurned SWANSEA 1 appearances, at which stage they seemed unchanged after their uplifting victory Gylfi Sigurdsson’s through ball enabled the left grazed the crossbar and, tempo- Bony 15 set for a routine win, but Palace dug deep over Liverpool last weekend – a much- Bony to turn smartly in a central posi- rarily, the initiative had changed hands. and fought back in spirited fashion, their needed result after taking one point from tion, 15 yards out, before shooting with Montero ought to have put that right CRYSTAL PALACE 1 competitive resolve rewarded with the their previous five matches. deadly precision into Julián Speroni’s before half-time, but shot tamely at Sper- Jedinak 25pen point gained by Mile Jedinak’s penalty. Swansea settled quickly into their right-hand corner. oni with the time and space available in Swansea, however, have now dropped slick passing game, one typical early Palace’s cause was hardly helped by which to have done much better. Joe Lovejoy 13 points from winning positions and attack seeing Jefferson Montero acceler- the loss of their leading scorer Dwight Ditto Shelvey who, alone in the six- Liberty Stadium will need to play better against Queen’s ate to the byline on the left before deliv- Gayle, whose leg injury forced him to yard box, volleyed horribly wide with Park Rangers on Tuesday night if they ering a cross that Bony touched over the give way to James McArthur. the goal at his mercy. One manager admits he still has his are to stay on track for a top-10 finish. bar. Palace were under pressure and con- Nevertheless they were level again Nothing if not persistent, Shelvey L-plates on, the other has collected his Garry Monk, still short of his first ceded after a quarter of an hour when after 25 minutes when their first attack might have restored Swansea’s advan- bus pass, and it was the senior citizen anniversary as the Swans’ manager, of any consequence saw Shelvey bring tage early in the second half, but his vol- who was smiling after his Crystal Palace preferred to “accentuate the positives”. Spot on: Mile down Marouane Chamakh in front of ley was too close to Speroni’s body. team had battled Swansea to a stalemate. He said: “I’m looking at the 19 points Jelinak converted goal for Jedinak to make short work of In contrast, Sigurdsson, with a volley Neil Warnock, 65 years young, still we’ve got, which is a great total, rather a 25th-minute the penalty. of his own, tested the Palace goalkeep- kicks every ball his players contest, and than those we’ve lost. We’ve performed penalty to level They might even have taken the lead er’s reflexes to the full. The Icelander, yesterday’s scrap bore his endlessly well in every game. We started this one the score with three minutes later when Lukasz Fabi- shooting from left to right, was tantalis- combative hallmark. The Swans took very well, controlled the game and had Swansea and earn anski denied Chamakh in the act of ingly close to settling it.
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