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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has turned his attentions to the crucial Premier League fixture at Arsenal on Sunday, saying that his squad must "recover" in time for the game following their 2-1 win over Wolfsburg in the Champions League last night.
"We have to recover, recover and recover because Sunday is Arsenal and they played yesterday, so they have one more day of recovery," Van Gaal said.
United, top of England's Premier League, have now won four games in a row in all competitions, scoring 11 goals and conceding three. They avoided a second straight European defeat after coming from behind to beat Wolfsburg 2-1 on Wednesday but Van Gaal says his side must be more ruthless in front of goal if they are to challenge for the Champions League.
United, beaten 2-1 by PSV Eindhoven in the Group B opener, went behind to Daniel Caligiuri's goal in the fourth minute at Old Trafford before Juan Mata equalised with a penalty and Chris Smalling scored a second-half winner.
Despite getting the three points, Van Gaal was not happy with the performance, especially the way his team surrendered control after going ahead.
"In the first half we played very well but we didn't finish our chances, and that was our problem," he said.
"It was 1-1 at halftime but we created chances to be 3-1 ahead. Then you have to continue and we did, but only for the first 15 minutes, I think.
"After the goal it was transforming our team, because we didn't keep the ball anymore and I didn't see Wolfsburg pressing so much, so we gave the ball away," he added.
The Dutchman bemoaned United's lack of killer instinct and said teams do not win the Champions League without it.
"You shall win the Champions League when you are clinical and when you can finish the game much earlier," he added.
"We had the chances to do that in the first half, or to keep the ball in the second half. We didn't do that and I was suffering on the bench, but the fans were also suffering and I have to admit the players were also suffering.
"But they continued with the team spirit."
With CSKA Moscow's 3-2 win over PSV in Russia, all four teams in the group are level on three points after two matches.
Additional reporting by Reuters
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