Louis Van Gaal is determined to be his own man at Manchester United

Louis Van Gaal is determined to be his own man at Manchester United, but this is one habit he will not mind borrowing from Sir Alex Ferguson.

Late goals were a hallmark of Ferguson’s teams and how fitting that Van Gaal’s first appearance as United manager at Old Trafford should end with a stoppage-time winner from under-fire midfielder Marouane Fellaini.

It meant that the Dutchman maintained his winning start as United boss, adding Valencia to a list of beaten opponents that includes Real Madrid, Roma, Inter Milan and Liverpool shirt.

Typically, he was still far from happy.

It was, Van Gaal acknowledged, United’s ‘worst game’ under him. They were pedestrian at times and Wayne Rooney missed a penalty.

On this evidence, he still has a significant amount of work on his hands. On Saturday lunchtime another team in white will line up against United … and this side will have to raise their game to beat Swansea City.

‘We made a lot of wrong choices, wrong passes and we didn’t press too much,’ said Van Gaal afterwards. ‘We have to choose better the right time to pass the ball. We haven’t done that and that is a pity.

‘It’s a big pressure because the fans expect a lot, but you cannot change everything in three or four weeks and the players cannot change either.

‘We have to wait and see and develop and we need time, but we have won every game up to now and that’s fantastic when you see our opponents.’

That Fellaini should be the man to score the winner was somewhat poetic.

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Why the fashion headdress must be stopped

One theme of these celebrity apologies is that the offending party’s intentions were pure and the outrage has come as a great shock. “I am deeply sorry if what I wore during the VS Show offended anyone,” tweeted Kloss. “If we wrongly stepped on anybody’s sacredness, then we’re sorry about that. That was never our intention,” said Coyne. “We deeply apologise if it has been misinterpreted or is seen as offensive as it was really meant to be a tribute to the beauty of craftsmanship,” said Chanel. These controversies reveal not a conscious denigration of Native Americans but a complete failure to consider the implications of using a ceremonial headdress as a cute prop.

For this reason, Keene has come to question the comparison she made in her 2010 blogpost between “playing Indian” and blackface. “I’m starting to think it’s not the most apt comparison,” she says. “Folks who don blackface for Halloween realise it’s a mocking thing but most of the people wearing headdresses think of it as a homage to native peoples and some misguided attempt at ‘respect’. It’s a very different approach. It’s not that they’re doing it maliciously, they’re just coming at it in completely the wrong way.”

Fifty years ago, Native Americans were routinely demonised in popular culture. Marlon Brando, a passionate supporter of the American Indian Movement, famously dispatched Native American actor Sacheen Littlefeather to the 1973 Academy awards to reject his Best Actor award and read from a statement in which he accused Hollywood of “degrading the Indian and making a mockery of his character”. The problem now is more subtly pernicious. Native Americans aren’t villainised but romanticised as brave, noble figures from the distant past, and this obscures the problems that communities face today.

 

Jonny Evans out to become Manchester United’s main man

Jonny Evans believes this is a “big time” in his career to fill the void left by Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, and to become Manchester United’s senior central defender.

The 26-year-old’s debut came in September 2007, since when he has made 111 Premier League appearances for the club. Under David Moyes last season Evans appeared to have become first choice and the Northern Irishman is keen to be regarded as the No1 defender in Louis van Gaal’s eyes, too.

He said: “If you look at Nemanja Vidic, he did not join us until he was 25 or 26. I think I have benefited playing with Rio and Nemanja for a long time, and Wes Brown before that, and learning a lot through my career. It is a big time in my career now.

“I had an injury [last] pre-season and missed maybe the first month of the season but once I got in, and played, I got on a pretty good run. I think the other players around me had picked up one or two niggles as well. That was the strongest period and I felt really good, even though the results weren’t coming. I wasn’t playing the way that I wanted to play in the team, in terms of getting results, but I felt good physically. Then I picked up an injury. I picked it up in November but I managed to get through to February.”

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Manchester United preliminary medical checks on Arturo Vidal

Manchester United may have already completed preliminary medical checks on Arturo Vidal and that details over a deal to sign him from Juventus are close to being finalised.

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According to Chilean outlet El Mercurial, Vidal is very close to agreeing a deal with the Old Trafford club and that a transfer, reported in some corners to be worth as much as £40million, should not take long to complete.

El Mercurial also runs with reports from Italy that suggest the deal is so advanced that preliminary medical tests have been made on behalf of Manchester United in Italy. The report also claims that talks between the representatives of Vidal and the Premier League club were concluded quickly.

However, this report goes against what Juventus have been saying publicly about the prospect of Vidal leaving this summer. The club’s new manager, Massimiliano Allegri, this week insisted the Bianconeri had no desire to sell one of their prized assets this summer.

 

Tennis – Ferrer fights back to win in Hamburg

The world number seven, who held a 4-0 record over Kazakh Kukushkin, struggled during the first set as he made a number of errors to concede an early break.

Kukushkin, ranked 46 places below the Spaniard, didn’t relinquish the early advantage and held his serve and his nerve to take the opening set.

However, Ferrer showed his experience during the second stanza to break his opponent and level the match at one set each.

With the momentum behind him, Ferrer claimed the final five games of the contest to claim victory in one hour and 56 minutes.

The Spaniard will now face either Juan Monaco or Andreas Seppi.

Earlier in the day youngster Dominic Thiem saved a match point and fought from 3-5 down in the final set to beat Marcel Granollers 2-6 6-3 7-5.

 

Premier League – Vanishing spray to be used

The ‘magic spray’ will be used at free-kicks to mark out where the wall should stand 10 yards away from the ball and has been shown to prevent encroachment and speed up play.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said: “At the Premier League we are open to developments that enhance the competition and it was clear from watching the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil that vanishing spray benefited referees, players, and all of those who watched the matches.”

Mike Riley, general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) which oversees top-flight referees, was an assessor at the World Cup and recommended it be adopted by the Premier League.

He said: “I saw first-hand the benefits of vanishing spray for referees, and for the game as a whole.

“The Select Group referees are looking forward to using it during Barclays Premier League matches next season.”

The Premier League will use spray produced by 9.15 Fair Play Limit – the same supplier for the World Cup in Brazil.

The spray will also be used by UEFA in the Champions League and Europa League – it lasts around a minute before it disappears.

The inventor Heine Allemagne, from near Belo Horizonte in Brazil, called his company 9.15 Fair Play in reference to the wall having to be 9.15 metres (10 yards) from the free-kick.

 

Ulster have gone for a unique purple away shirt this season

It’s all change in Belfast this season.

No more Johann Muller, no more David Humphreys and no more Mark Anscombe. Ravenhill has been renamed Kingspan Park, there are fresh faces in the likes of Louis Ludik and Franco der Merwe, and now there are two new playing kits.

The home gear is not a huge departure on what the northern province wore last season, but the new purple away kit is certainly different.

 

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Spurs close in on Southampton’s Schneiderlin & Rodriguez

Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin and forward Jay Rodriguez are close to joining former Saints boss Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham.

Talks are ongoing between the clubs as the France international and England striker, both aged 24, look set to join the Saints exodus.

Southampton have sold Rickie Lambert, Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren and Calum Chambers this summer.

Schneiderlin is reportedly valued at £27m by the Hampshire club.

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