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Capital One Cup: MK Dons 4-0 Manchester United; Louis van Gaal has spoken to SkySports afterwards

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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i> Louis van Gaal and Ryan Giggs during Manchester United's League Cup match at MK Dons (PA)</i><br /><br />Manchester United's day went from the sublime to the ridiculous in a couple of hours after the signing of Angel Di Maria was followed by a humiliating 4-0 thrashing to MK Dons in the second round of the League Cup.<br /><br />Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has spoken to SkySports afterwards. Find that below:<br /><br /><b>What went wrong?</b></span><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'It's a matter of making errors at the wrong moments. When you see the goals against us, I believe it was big errors in building up situations that you cannot make these errors. Four at once, then it's 0-2, then it's very difficult to come back in the game.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'In the second half we created a lot of chances but we didn't have the luck to score. But at least we created a lot of chances.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'Out of another error in building up, it was 0-3, and 0-4. We make also a lot of risk to change the system in one against one, then spaces are big and the manager (Karl Robinson) was very good by bringing in a forward who was very quick and uses the space very good.</span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Do you regret making so many changes?</b></span><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'No, because you have to analyse the problem and you have to take your measures and I have done that. I think the changes were good. Also risky to change to play one against one. Therefore, MK could score. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'You don't have to forget that we have nine injuries and we had a very young team so I have seen them trying to do their utmost best. No more you cannot expect of players and, of course, we were also unlucky because they scored out of our errors. Then you're always behind to fix. Running behind to fix, I call it in Dutch.'</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />United, who confirmed the £59.7m signing of Argentina star Di Maria from Real Madrid earlier in the evening, were convincingly beaten by the League One side as 23-year-old Brentford loanee Will Grigg tore Louis van Gaal's side to pieces with a superb brace.<br /><br />Benik Afobe, on loan from Arsenal, added a late pair of his own to rub salt into United's wounds.<br /><br />Van Gaal is now without a win in his first three competitive matches as United boss, having lost to Swansea and drawn to Sunderland in the Premier Legaue.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">      <i> Louis van Gaal and Ryan Giggs during Manchester United's League Cup match at MK Dons (PA)</i></span></div>
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Capital One Cup: MK Dons 4-0 Manchester United; Louis van Gaal has spoken to SkySports afterwards

Louis van Gaal and Ryan Giggs during Manchester United's League Cup match at MK Dons (PA) Manchester United's day went f...

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Mata and Rooney gives Manchester United the Cup at the expense of Liverpool

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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It’s only a preseason tournament, and the trophy isn’t exactly steeped in soccer history. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">None of that mattered to Wayne Rooney and Manchester United.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Rooney and Juan Mata scored two minutes apart in a second-half flurry, Jesse Lingard added an insurance goal in the final minutes and Manchester United rallied to beat longtime rival Liverpool 3-1 in the title match of the International Champions Cup on Monday night.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It’s obviously great to win the game and win the tournament,” Rooney said in an on-field interview after the match. “We worked hard in preseason and to go unbeaten gives us confidence.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Steven Gerrard scored on a penalty kick in the 14th minute for Liverpool, which topped United twice last season in Premier League play.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Last season was wildly disappointing by United standards, but it is now unbeaten in five matches under new manager Louis van Gaal. And while his players were clearly thrilled, van Gaal offered a one-word assessment of what winning a preseason tournament means.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Nothing,” van Gaal said.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clearly, no disrespect was meant. But clubs like United are looking for the sport’s biggest prizes, and van Gaal wants his team thinking big.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It’s nice for the fans in the United States of America and also at home that we beat Liverpool,” van Gaal said. “It’s not our favorite opponent, for Man United fans. I think we have gave a lot of pleasure to these fans and that’s very important. And of course, it is better to win in preparation time than to lose. But the most important game is against Swansea City, the first game at home in the Premier League. That, we have to win.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The teams mingled on the field after the trophy presentation, though there is certainly no such thing as a true “friendly” between these clubs — which have combined for 38 English championships and well over 100 trophies worldwide.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And when Rooney got the equalizer, it was evident this was no meaningless match for him, either.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He volleyed home a long cross from Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez in the 55th minute, timing his run perfectly to knock the ball into the far side of the net — then leaping and punching the air.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moments later, Luke Shaw found Mata at the top of the penalty box, and Mata’s quick blast deflected past Simon Mingolet for a 2-1 lead. After Lingard added the insurance goal, Rooney stood still for a few moments, his arms outstretched in celebration.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Both teams substituted liberally in the second half.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Overall, I’m delighted with the whole tournament,” said Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, who came away confident that his club will be ready for the start of Premier League play in about two weeks. “We worked very, very hard.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The scoring opened in the 14th minute, on a play that Manchester United argued to no avail.</span></div>
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Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling chased down a ball on the left side of the box near the goal line, as Manchester United’s Phil Jones scurried over to defend. Jones went for a slide tackle and while replays showed he appeared to make contact with the ball, the play also sent Sterling to the grass — and referee Mark Geiger immediately signaled for a penalty kick</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Gerrard went one way, Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea guessed the other, and Liverpool had a 1-0 lead.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It’s the second straight year the tournament concluded with a high-profile title match in South Florida, which has a strong and diverse soccer following. That’s among the reasons why David Beckham, one of the sport’s biggest stars, has been trying to get a stadium built in downtown Miami for an expansion MLS franchise.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Real Madrid topped Chelsea in last year’s final.</span></div>
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Mata and Rooney gives Manchester United the Cup at the expense of Liverpool

Manchester United Louis Van Gaal watches first half game action against Liverpool during the finals of the Guinness International Champion...

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Capital One Cup: MK Dons 4-0 Manchester United; Louis van Gaal has spoken to SkySports afterwards

Mata and Rooney gives Manchester United the Cup at the expense of Liverpool

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