Ahead of Manchester United’s game against Bournemouth, Louis van Gaal has spoken to the press, but he hasn’t endeared himself to the fans. While acknowleding it’s important that United improve their attack, he has also stressed the greater importance of retaining possession.

I can say what we still have to improve. I don’t think we have to improve much in our defensive organisation because we are doing well.

We have to score more in our attacking organisation which is something I have said at the start of this season. We need creative, fast players in attack. We have to change that and that is very important.

We are training in the situations that we have. You have to make the pitch big. You have to keep the ball better. When you make the pitch big, the opponent has to run more metres, and then it is easier to do that. You don’t always have to make goals, you have to keep more possession. We can do that better, and we will do that better, when we train more.