THE MANAGER'S PRESS CONFERENCE
Van Gaal has finished his press conference at the Aon Training Complex and here are some of the main points...
VAN GAAL ON UNITED'S DISPLAY V CHELSEA
"We've had many games like that. The way we've played this season, we're more or less always the dominant team. The way we played, under that pressure and in the style we want to play, was fantastic."
VAN GAAL ON UNITED’S FANS
“I have had bad periods at all my clubs and I have to say the best fans are here at Manchester United because in such a difficult period they were applauding about the performance of the players and that's fantastic.”
VAN GAAL REFLECTS ON 2015
"We have fulfilled the wish and our aim in the first season that ended halfway through 2015. After that we have managed to give balance to the team and that resulted in October and November in us being first in the Premier League. Then we are out of the Champions League and that gives us a big blow, and we are still in that period, so when you don't assess December, it was a very good year."
VAN GAAL ON HOW TO BEAT SWANSEA
"It's always the same. You make a game plan to beat your opponent. We have lost three times to Swansea but then you have to analyse why you have lost. It's always like that. And then you continue with the same vicious circle of working. It's not any magic. It's looking to what has happened and what you can improve as a team but also as an individual player."