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Louis van Gaal admits Manchester United "couldn't cope" with Liverpool in Europa League humbling

Football

By Mirror | Mar 11, 2016

The Old Trafford boss remained defiant, as he fought back against a barrage of criticism, after Liverpool took his team apart in the Europa League

Louis van Gaal has admitted that his Manchester United side need a near miracle to turn around a disastrous Anfield performance.

But the Old Trafford boss remained defiant, as he fought back against a barrage of criticism, after Liverpool took his team apart in the Europa League.

United are on the brink after Roberto Firmino inspired a brilliant Reds performance, and an electric atmosphere at the famous Old Stadium, that had Paul Scholes fuming “it could have been five – Liverpool were 10 times better”.

Rio Ferdinand also waded in against his old club, and Van Gaal did admit it wasn't good enough as his side barely created a chance worthy of the name, and were saved from a thrashing only by the brilliance of David De Gea.

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But he said he believes in miracles: “You have to believe in everything, you have to believe we can create an atmosphere that Liverpool have done here at Anfield and then everything is possible.

“Of course it is right, we did not create enough chances, I can not deny that. I don't think that we were very creative, but it was also the defence of Liverpool, and you can give the greatest credit to Liverpool.

“We have to improve a lot to score goals though, we know. I have seen that we did not cope with the high pressure of Liverpool, we could not cope and that created a great atmosphere in the stadium.

“But they got a cheap goal for the first, I think their player is falling down not because he was kicked by Memphis. The second goal was a cheap one too - Henderson was in an offside position when he played the ball.

“When you are so sharp you can see the foul has been made by Memphis Depay in the box, then you have to see also it's offside.

"But I have a very nasty feeling Liverpool were of course the better team. It is true, they had many chances and David De Gea was fantastic. Now we have to create that atmosphere also, and we have to bring pressure to them.”