MU Tekuk QPR 4-0, Jawab Keraguan pada Louis van Gaal
United Lift the Feeling of Doubt for the First Time Under van Gaal
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Manchester (B2B) - Manchester United berhasil mengantongi tiga poin setelah menekuk Queens Park Rangers 4-0 di Old Trafford, Minggu, (14/9).
Empat gol MU itu dicetak oleh Angel Di Maria (24´), Ander Herrera (36´), Wayne Rooney (44´), dan Juan Mata (58´).
Kesempatan pertama United datang ketika Rooney bekerja sama dengan Rafael, yang kemudian mengirim umpan voli ke van Persie. Kemudian pemain Belanda mengirimkan umpan kepada Mata di kotak pinalti, tetapi tendangannya melebar, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Menit 24 Angel Di Maria mencetak gol pertama di pertandingan pertamanya untuk Manchester United lewat tendangan bebas. Tendangan bebas itu dilepaskan dari jarak 30 yard, dan Green tak bisa menjangkaunya.
Matt Philips mencoba membahayakan gawang United, tetapi De Gea mampu mengamankannya, menit 32.
Empat menit berselang, Ander Herrera mampu mencetak gol dari umpan Rooney.
Menit 42 kembali publik Oldtrafford bersorak. Kali ini Rooney mencetak gol mengincar sudut bawah kiri gawang Green. Rooney mendapat asis Herrera.
Manchester United memenangi enam pertandingan melawan QPR di Old Trafford, dengan hanya kemasukan tiga gol, sementara mencetak skor 12.
Babak kedua, De Gea membuat penyelamatan penting, ketika pemain pengganti Traore membuat tendangan pertamanya ke arah gawang untuk QPR.
Menit 58, Angel Di Maria melepaskan tendangan kencang ke arah gawang, tetapi bola malah jatuh di depan Juan Mata yang langsung menyambarnya menjadi gol.
Di Maria kembali menunjukkan permainan impresifnya ketika mengirim umpan ke van Persie. Pemain Belanda itu melakukan tendangan voli, tetapi jatuh tepat dipelukan Green.
Pemain baru MU, Falcao, hampir mencetak gol setelah menendang bola muntahan dari van Persie, tetapi gagal.
MU meraih kemenangan pertamanya, setelah di matchday satu kalah 1-2 melawan Swansea, ditahan imbang 1-1 oleh Sunderland dan 0-0 oleh Burnley di matchday kedua dan ketiga.
Manchester - The Louis van Gaal era finally got lift off as Manchester United demolished Queens Park Rangers 4-0 for their first win since the Dutchman took charge at Old Trafford.
New signing Angel di Maria was outstanding throughout, scoring the first before Wayne Rooney and fellow new boy Ander Herrera made the result a formality before the break and Juan Mata completed the rout in the second half.
When Radamel Falcao, on loan from Monaco, was introduced for the last quarter of the match for his debut, he joined Robin van Persie, Rooney and Di Maria in a potentially thrilling quartet which set the home crowd abuzz.
United´s first win in four Premier League matches took them up to ninth place in the table, only two points outside the top four - a position that some critics have predicted will be beyond them again after finishing seventh last season.
Although Rangers provided feeble opposition, there was the promise of better things to come from United, given their enviable range of attacking options.
Van Gaal, who also gave debuts to defender Marcos Rojo and midfielder Danny Blind, enjoyed the crowd´s applause as he left the pitch following a first victory as manager after a difficult start which included a League Cup defeat at third tier MK Dons.
Di Maria said afterwards that he had meant to score, having practiced the same free-kick in training.
There was a rare alarm for the home side when Matt Phillips had his shot blocked by Jonny Evans with goalkeeper David de Gea out of position but by halftime United had two more goals.
In the 35th minute Di Maria´s run allowed Rooney to cut the ball back for Herrera to drive low into the bottom corner of the net and nine minutes later Rooney found the same spot after a smooth passing move.
