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I'm not too disappointed. I thin we played well inn that second half. Valencia was brilliant after a shaky first half. We had another performance from Fellaini to suggest that he does have a future at the club. We saw the return of Carrick, who was a rock at the back, and Rooney performed well considering it was his first game back after suspension. I'm proud of the way we went down fighting and just disappointed we didn't take one of those chances near the end. But any hope I had of us getting something out of the game went when Smalling got sent off.
If anything, this game has cemented my feelings towards Van Gaal's tenure so far. We saw clear signs that we're heading in the right direction, but once again one of our defenders has reinforced the feeling that until we buy a better, more reliable CB all our progress risks being undermined by our defence. We're building a house on sand. It's starting to look like a nice house, but that doesn't make the sand any less of a threat.
If anything, this game has cemented my feelings towards Van Gaal's tenure so far. We saw clear signs that we're heading in the right direction, but once again one of our defenders has reinforced the feeling that until we buy a better, more reliable CB all our progress risks being undermined by our defence. We're building a house on sand. It's starting to look like a nice house, but that doesn't make the sand any less of a threat.