Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says his ambition is to bring the Premier League title back to Old Trafford. United thrashed promoted QPR 4-0 at Old Trafford to give the Dutchman his first win since taking over as boss in the summer. I want to win the Premier League title, he said. If it is not this year then the second or third year. I want to give a championship to the fans. Whats next for the Gaalacticos? Sunday 21 September: Leicester (a) Saturday 27 September: West Ham (h) Sunday 5 October: Everton (h) Monday 20 October: West Brom (a) The Dutchman, who won domestic titles in his first seasons in charge of both Barcelona and Bayern Munich, has been set a target of a top-three finish by chief executive Ed Woodward. After scoring just twice in their first four games under Van Gaal, Manchester United produced a much-improved display against QPR which featured Angel di Maria and Ander Herreras first goals for the club. Van Gaal insists however that the main measure of success in his debut campaign will be Uniteds final position in the Premier League, rather than their style of play. My teams are always focused on attack, but it is not our focus, that is to be in the first three. The most important thing is the trajectory, he added. Social media reaction Daley Blind: A very nice debut a top atmosphere and a great team performance. Marcos Rojo: Very happy with the debut, congratulations to my team mates When you have a result of 4-0 then you can be happy as a coach, but you always have points you can improve. We have always to analyse what we have done. The result is fantastic, but we can get much better. With the Champions League group stages beginning without them in midweek, having brushed aside QPR Manchester Uniteds next test is against another newly promoted Premier League side when they travel to Leicester on Sunday. How the new boys fared - ratings by BBC Sports Simon Stone Ander Herrera - 8 Marked his return from injury with his first United goal, a precise effort from the edge of the box. Neat and tidy in possession and too cute for QPR to leave the midfield gaps they did. Daley Blind - 7 Is going to be put under more pressure than he experienced here but showed game intelligence sat in front of Uniteds back four, helping to snuff out a number of threats before they became too dangerous. Marcos Rojo - 7 Played at left-back in a revised four-man defence and enjoyed a largely untroubled afternoon. Didnt show any great desire to get forward but content to stick to his job. Angel Di Maria - 8 Louis van Gaal said the Argentine scored one and claimed three assists on his home debut, which is stretching his contribution somewhat. Nevertheless, an overwhelmingly positive display, not least because of the manner in which the home fans responded to him. Radamel Falcao - 7 Had the Colombian snaffled one of the chances that came his way late on, it would have been the perfect day for Van Gaal. His movement and pace appear exceptional. Clearly much more to come.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:52:58 +0000
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