Louis van Gaal has admitted that he is struggling to find the balance between two varying styles at Manchester United.
After arriving at Old Trafford at the start of the season, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach has used various different formations, but he remains unsure which is the best out and out one to use.
“It’s too much [change to formation] I think, I agree,” he told reporters. “But I’m looking for the balance and when you see the last four matches, we have had more balance because we haven’t conceded many goals.
“Nevertheless, we don’t score so much. With the other system, we scored a lot of goals.”
The Dutch boss was then criticised for changing Angel Di Maria’s role in the team, a decision with Van Gaal is aware of.
“He has played today in a very small space and he is a dribbler but sometimes you cannot dribble. You have to make it a pass game, and Di Maria is not a player who wants to give a pass every time he gets the ball.
“But in this case we needed that and not dribbles. Therefore he lost the ball a lot of times and that was not good for the balance of the team.
“Of course, we need to raise our level. It’s a matter of time but it’s also a matter of getting over a lot of injuries.”
