article_snippet.sent: at they best at the moment but managing a league campaign is not about playing well all the time.
article_snippet.sent: As for United, for all their dominance in possession, their lacked enough clear-cut chances.
article_snippet.sent: In fact their needed something like the magic of Oscar’s back-heel and Hazard’s finish.
article_snippet.sent: Louis van Gaal will have been pleased that their controlled long periods of the game with their passing but their did lack that bit of punch.
article_snippet.sent: But ’s been the thrust of the team in recent times.
article_snippet.sent: When Sir Alex Ferguson left, you would have said it might take a couple of seasons to establish a new identity and build a new foundation.
article_snippet.sent: ’s been a bumpy ride and they wouldn’t have expected another change of manager, but at least, two years on, it looks as though they are now in that place.