Van Gaal reveals that Man United DIDN'T train before facing Leicester

Louis van Gaal has revealed that his Manchester United players did not train in the build-up to their draw with Leicester City because they were physically drained from their stalemate against PSV.

United limped to a goalless draw in the Champions League on Wednesday and are still not guaranteed a place in the knockout phase with only a trip to Wolfsburg remaining, while on Saturday, Jamie Vardy set a new Premier League record by scoring in his 11th consecutive game before Bastian Schweinsteiger equalised.

United are now a point behind Premier League leaders Manchester City but could also be overtaken by Arsenal if they beat Norwich on Sunday.

"We played a fantastic game defensively, but we can't only do that in particular situations,” said Van Gaal.

“The goal they scored was after a corner of ours. We know what should happen, but we still concede. We played three defenders because of the danger of Vardy and Okazaki to cause trouble in the channels. 

“But in spite of our dominance in an important game we didn't win. We played against PSV and gave everything. When you see the data against PSV it is the highest physical data of Manchester United this season. 

“So we can't train Thursday and Friday, and on Saturday the manager wants to play a different shape. So we have done well. 

"Am I disappointed? Yes, because it is the second time this week we could have win. It is difficult to cope with because we could be first in the league but we are not."