Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal said that he was proud with the team and pleased with the result, after winning 3-2 against Arsenal.
In his first Premier League game for the team, three days after his debut in the Europa League, Marcus Rashford scored another two goals in the first half, while ex-United player Danny Welbeck brought one back before half time.
Man Utd score again in the second half after a shot from Ander Herrera took a deflection off an Arsenal player to go in. Mesut Ozil scored not long afterwards for Arsenal, but the game finished with a great win for United.
Talking after the game to MUTV, Van Gaal was proud with the performance from the players, and is pleased with the current run of results:
I am very proud but also very satisfied and happy because we have done it against Shrewsbury Town and we have done it against Midtjylland, against the pressure, and now we have done it against a very good team in the Premier League, so I am very pleased.
Van Gaal went on to praise Rashford, and thinks that he played better this afternoon against a stronger opponent:
He was playing great, I think, maybe better than against Midtjylland because the resistance was higher and he did things better. He also scored two goals and I am very pleased with him. I think he shall be a very special talent.
Multiple players have made their debut for the main team including Tim Fosu-Mensah, who Van Gaal decided to play as a full-back:
I said that to Warren [Joyce] and Warren has tried him out in the second team, and I think he did it very well. We have problems at the full-back positions and that is why. Then he came in against Arsenal and did fantastically. He didn’t make any mistake and that is fantastic.
With many players out due to injury, Marcus Rojo looked to be a casualty again after having to come off. Van Gaal gave MUTV an update:
I don’t think it is serious; it was a kick. We have to wait and see, of course. It was also a good position that I gave him the first minutes to play. My plan was already 60 minutes. He didn’t reach the 60 minutes because of the kick.
The United manager also had his own moment during the game, after diving to the ground while talking to the fourth official. He apologised to the referees after the game:
I was a little bit emotional, too much I think. It is not good for the authority of the referee and the linesman and the fourth referee. I have apologised and they have accepted it.
