Manchester United lost only their second game in 20, as Gary Monk’s Swansea City over came Louis Van Gaal’s men on Saturday afternoon at the Liberty Stadium. This win was a milestone for the Swans, as it was their first Premier League double over United in the club’s history.
United surrendered the lead having gone ahead early in the first half through a deflected Ander Herrera strike. The game was leveled when South Korean international Ki, popped up as he usually does in this fixture, just minutes later from close range. In a game where the reds had more of the ball, it took a moment of bad fortune to decide the game from a Man United perspective. Jonjo Shelvey’s long range shot took a touch off an unknowing Bafatimbi Gomis to wrong foot the keeper to earn Swansea the 3 points and their historic moment.
The loss comes just days after Van Gaal claimed the United players were finally understanding his ‘philosophy’ and should be moving back towards what we’d seen of them in more successful times. United’s recent performances have been under criticism in recent weeks and the former Champions have been labelled as somewhat of a ‘Long ball team’, which is fairly accurate to some extent. I’m sure in Van Gaal’s defence, the recent run of results are proving more important than performance levels as he feels the players are still adapting to his style. It may make you wonder, with further investment and a little time, will we see United return to the good old days under LVG?
Gary Monk did the Double over the so Called Godfather #swan #man u
— Sholar Gabriel (@Sholexyz199) February 21, 2015
what happened to man united yesterday lost Swansea City 2 – 1 Man United.
— yaxhy awale (@YaxhyA) February 23, 2015
Things going from bad to worse at #MUFC http://t.co/340DhhJLS7 … pic.twitter.com/bQfsc4ScRF
— Nino Dulyachinda (@NinoDulyachinda) February 23, 2015
Shocking stat comparison! And Manchester United fans were not impressed after this result: http://t.co/KQFKUIEp6S pic.twitter.com/3VdXwQbCP8
— LiveSoccerTV.com (@LiveSoccerTV) February 23, 2015
Man United players covered 105.1 kilometres against Swansea City last Saturday, the 2nd most they’ve managed this season. [@mufcstatistic]
— mufcstuff (@mufcstufff) February 22, 2015
@Dieonjamz He’s improving like Januzaj is improving. Man United were better today when he went off. Its a fact.
— Jozay (@CombMyAfro) February 21, 2015
“@Mootaz_LFC: Man United’s only game in Europe and they’ve lost.” This is funny
— The Boy Who Drenk It (@ProfessorKumi) February 21, 2015
So many crosses from Man United, so few actual chances.
— Jozay (@CombMyAfro) February 21, 2015
