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Robin van Persie reveals Manchester United’s clear-the-air meeting | Robin van Persie reveals Manchester United’s clear-the-air meeting |
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Robin van Persie has revealed that Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United squad held a clear-the-air meeting following their dramatic 5-3 defeat at Leicester City last weekend. | Robin van Persie has revealed that Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United squad held a clear-the-air meeting following their dramatic 5-3 defeat at Leicester City last weekend. |
The Dutch striker said the confrontational hour-long inquest focused on the defensive errors that allowed Nigel Pearson’s newly promoted side to score four goals in the final 28 minutes at the King Power Stadium. | |
“It shouldn’t be possible,” the Dutchman told Fox Sports News. “But it still happened. We have to deal with it. We had a proper look at it next day. Sometimes it was a bit confronting and it was a long meeting. One hour [or] something. | |
“We went from there, started again this week [and have put] a couple of really good sessions in. Everyone feels ready to face West Ham.” | “We went from there, started again this week [and have put] a couple of really good sessions in. Everyone feels ready to face West Ham.” |
Van Persie headed United into the lead against Leicester from a Radamel Falcao cross and says that the pair and Wayne Rooney have been discussing how to make their three-man partnership work. But he admits everyone must play better if United are to make themselves title contenders once again. | Van Persie headed United into the lead against Leicester from a Radamel Falcao cross and says that the pair and Wayne Rooney have been discussing how to make their three-man partnership work. But he admits everyone must play better if United are to make themselves title contenders once again. |
“When you look at the defensive mistakes, it starts somewhere else,” he added. “That’s where we looked at as well. It’s not just the one mistake which happens. There’s a mistake before the mistake and before the mistake, maybe positional wise. Everyone knows where we have to improve.” | “When you look at the defensive mistakes, it starts somewhere else,” he added. “That’s where we looked at as well. It’s not just the one mistake which happens. There’s a mistake before the mistake and before the mistake, maybe positional wise. Everyone knows where we have to improve.” |
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