Louis van Gaal is concerned about Mike, the cook at Manchester United
The Old Trafford boss was reflecting on the defeat to Arsenal
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Your support makes all the difference.Louis van Gaal has said the last two weeks following a 3-0 defeat to Arsenal have been "awful", including for Manchester United cook 'Mike'.
The Manchester United manager has clearly not enjoyed the international break which came after a worrying loss at the Emirates. His side were completely outplayed by the Gunners and counted themselves fortunate not to have lost by a greater margin.
The Dutchman revealed that it has been a testing time waiting for their next match, which is against Everton on Saturday, even for the staff.
“When you have more than two weeks [to think about it] it is awful when you have such a result,” said van Gaal.
“It has been an awful two weeks because before the last international break we lost against Swansea.
“It’s not only the players, it’s the staff, and my cook, Mike, because he has a big influence on the atmosphere in the canteen.
“So these are awful weeks, because you are constantly thinking about how it happened and you cannot manage it with your players, because that is what you have to do, but all the players were flying out.”
The result against Arsenal saw Manchester United fail to take an opportunity return to the top of the Premier League table, but Van Gaal retains an eye on the title.
"We want to be the champions, so we must behave like champions. You have to improve every time," he said.
Manchester United take on Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday at 3pm.
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