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Inter 2-2 Napoli: Hernanes the hero in dramatic draw

Hernanes came to Walter Mazzarri's rescue with a late equaliser to earn Inter a 2-2 draw with Napoli in Serie A on Sunday.

The Brazilian had wasted two good chances in the first half but made no mistake with a stoppage-time header, guiding it past Rafael to earn the hosts a point in a dramatic finale.

His strike ensured Inter avoided a third successive league defeat after a largely frustrating night at San Siro, with all four goals coming late on.

Napoli barely threatened the Inter goal but took the lead with 11 minutes to play as Jose Callejon netted his fifth league strike of the season.Substitute Fredy Guarin brought Inter level 70 seconds after coming on, with Callejon restoring Napoli's lead in the final minute.However, the drama was not over as Hernanes header from Dodo's cross ensured the spoils were shared.

Napoli, who recalled Marek Hamsik for Michu as one of three changes, had the first sight of goal in the 12th minute, but Camilo Zuniga's shot was easily saved by Samir Handanovic.That was as close as the visitors came, though, as they struggled to get a foothold into the game.

After 18 minutes Hernanes, one of three Inter players recalled to the starting line-up, showed his creative skills to thread a cute through ball into Mauro Icardi, but the forward saw his shot deflected over the crossbar by Raul Albiol's challenge.

Another chance fell the striker's way five minutes later, as Dodo delivered a pinpoint cross from the left. Icardi got in front of his marker inside the penalty area, but he failed to get enough on his header and Rafael saw the ball wide.Hernanes' influence was steadily increasing and, after wasting two opportunities, the Brazilian went closest to scoring six minutes before the interval.

Having chested the ball down on the edge of the penalty area the attacking midfielder fired a low shot that beat Rafael, but the goalkeeper was saved by his post.

Rafael Benitez's half-time team-talk appeared to have had the desired effect in the opening five minutes of the second half as Napoli provided more of an attacking threat, with Lorenzo Insigne scuffing a shot wide.Inter quickly resumed their control of the game, but Napoli, having caused so little threat in the match, stunned the San Siro crowd with the opening goal from Callejon.

The hosts' defence failed to deal with a long throw-in and were immediately punished as the forward fired beyond Handanovic to give the visitors a surprise lead.

That was short-lived, though, as Guarin played the role of super-sub, ghosting in at the back post to meet Rodrigo Palacio's flick and fire past Rafael.Just when Inter thought they had earned themselves a point another poor piece of defending handed Callejon another sight of goal, the 27-year-old volleying home David Lopez's pass.

Inter poured forward in search of a late equaliser, and they were rewarded as Hernanes timed his run perfectly to head Dodo's cross into the bottom corner.
Substitute Ibrahima Mbaye even had time to win it for Inter, but the youngster fired wide with the last kick of the game.

 

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Stoke City 2-1 Swansea City: Walters header seals Potters comeback

Jonathan Walters stepped off the bench to net the winner as Stoke City came from behind to beat Swansea City 2-1 at the Britannia Stadium.

The visitors looked like the better team in the first half and went ahead when Wilfried Bony struck from the penalty spot after being hauled to the ground by Ryan Shawcross as a corner came in.

However, Stoke were given the chance to level things up just before the break when Angel Rangel was, perhaps harshly, adjudged to have pulled back Victor Moses in the area and Charlie Adam duly found the bottom corner of the net.

That was only Stoke's second home goal in four Premier League games in front of their own fans this term, but Walters added another when coming off the bench to head the winner powerfully past Lukasz Fabianski in the 76th minute.

Stoke made three changes to the starting line-up used in a 3-1 loss at Sunderland before the international break, with Erik Pieters, Mame Biram Diouf and Stephen Ireland replacing Marc Muniesa, Glenn Whelan and Marko Arnautovic.

Swansea, meanwhile, were without Ashley Richards and the suspended Jonjo Shelvey, as Rangel returned from a ban and Tom Carroll, on loan from Tottenham, came in for his first Premier League start.

Gylfi Sigurdsson had a great chance to open the scoring early on when he was put through by Wayne Routledge, but the Iceland international bundled the ball out of play with a clumsy touch when trying to round Asmir Begovic.

The Stoke goalkeeper then did well to save with his legs from Ki Sung-yueng following fine build-up play by Bony and Sigurdsson.

Begovic was beaten in the 34th minute, though, when Bony sent him the wrong way with a calmly taken spot-kick after Shawcross had been penalised for dragging the Ivory Coast striker to the ground at a corner.

Referee Michael Oliver was involved at the centre of the action again when pointing to the spot two minutes before the break after Rangel gave Moses' shirt the slightest of tugs, and Adam fired low to Fabianski's right to equalise.

Adam tested the Swansea defence with a low free-kick early in the second period but clear-cut chances were proving rare.

Stoke boss Mark Hughes introduced Walters and Geoff Cameron on the hour mark in a bid to liven things up and it was the former who made the difference when nodding in a cross from another late replacement, Oussama Assaidi.

Begovic comfortably dealt with a Ki free-kick and Bony fired wide when well-placed as Swansea offered little in the way of a late response, with Stoke seeing out victory to move level on 11 points with their visitors and into the top half of the table.

 

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Verona 1-3 AC Milan: Honda at the double in Rossoneri stroll

Keisuke Honda scored two goals to help fire AC Milan to an impressive 3-1 win away to Verona on Sunday afternoon.

The attacking midfielder netted a brace at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi to seal back-to-back wins for Filippo Inzaghi's side following victory over the hosts' city rivals Chievo before the international break.

With the two teams heading into the game level on 11 points, a visit to Verona was viewed as a stern test of Milan's recent revival under Inzaghi.But the 18-time Italian champions were given early assistance as a spectacular own goal from Brazilian defender Rafael Marques put them ahead.Honda then doubled that lead in the 27th minute and made the game safe in the second half to take his tally for the season to six in seven matches.

Milan could not keep a clean sheet as forward Nico Lopez pulled one back for Verona late on, while defender Rafael Marquez saw red for a second bookable offence.The visitors fashioned the first real chance of the game after 13 minutes as Fernando Torres turned sharply in the area and shot narrowly wide of the near post.

Verona appeared solid at the back in the early stages but conceded the initiative in unconventional fashion in the 21st minute when Marques volleyed Ignazio Abate's right-wing cross into his own net.

The hosts went close to responding through Iceland midfielder Emil Halfredsson, only to be punished on the counter by Honda soon after.Japan playmaker Honda cruised into the box to latch on to Stephan El Shaarawy's pass and steer a cool finish into Rafael's bottom right-hand corner.

Andrea Mandorlini's Verona did carry a threat going forward, though, as Luca Toni's spectacular overhead kick was kept out by Christian Abbiati, who then denied Bosko Jankovic with a superb flying save down to his right.

Inzaghi's men looked to sit back and frustrate the home side in the second half and their task of seeing out the game was made easier in the 56th minute when Honda raced on to Adil Rami's long ball over the top to slot home Milan's third.

However, Verona refused to lie down and were unfortunate to find Milan goalkeeper Abbiati in stunning form. Panagiotis Tachtsidis was thwarted by the 37-year-old veteran as his powerful drive was tipped over the crossbar.Lopez added a consolation three minutes from time before Verona were reduced to 10 when Marquez felled Giacomo Bonaventura.

However, that proved immaterial, with Milan's fine performance at both ends of the field boosting hopes that Inzaghi - who won two Serie A titles and Champions League crowns in 11 years as a player with the club - can return them to their former glories.

 

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QPR 2-3 Liverpool: Reds snatch victory after dramatic finale

Richard Dunne and Steven Caulker put through their own net as Liverpool won 3-2 against QPR following remarkable late drama at Loftus Road.

Caulker's inadvertent error in the sixth minute of injury time ultimately settled a pulsating Premier League clash in Liverpool's favour, but only after a see-saw battle had produced four goals in the last nine minutes.

Chilean Eduardo Vargas - fresh from a double against Peru on international duty - looked set to grab the headlines heading into injury time.

On as a 79th-minute replacement for Bobby Zamora, the striker scored for the first time since arriving on loan from Napoli to level at 1-1, and then tied the scores again at 2-2 after Philippe Coutinho's exquisite goal had once again given Liverpool the ascendancy.

Richard Dunne had earlier put through his own net to open the scoring, in the process becoming the first player in Premier League history to score 10 own goals, but it was his team-mate Caulker whose unwanted contribution proved decisive when he turned the ball past Alex McCarthy.

The visitors had endured a difficult week which saw Raheem Sterling in the spotlight for complaining of tiredness while on England duty and Daniel Sturridge suffer another injury setback.

However, Sterling received a warm reception by both sets of supporters, having spent some time at the QPR academy before moving north, and he played a vital role in the goal that eventually won it for the visitors.

Goalkeeper McCarthy made his Premier League debut for QPR, with Robert Green suffering from tonsillitis, while Rio Ferdinand was dropped to the bench, with Dunne coming in along with Yun Suk-young and Bobby Zamora.

Liverpool made four changes, with Mario Balotelli back in for Rickie Lambert up front, while Glen Johnson and Jose Enrique returned as full-backs and Emre Can played for the first time since the end of August after recovering from an ankle injury.

QPR started brightly and almost went ahead when Charlie Austin battled past Johnson and Martin Skrtel before being denied by Simon Mignolet rushing out to save with his feet.

The hosts blew another great chance approaching the half-hour mark when Zamora broke clear down the right and pulled a fine pass back across the area, only for Leroy Fer to fire against the crossbar from eight yards out with the goal at his mercy.

Fer again hit the woodwork with a header from Zamora's cross and Johnson just managed to clear the danger as Austin and Sandro raced in to pounce on the rebound.

Liverpool showed little attacking threat throughout the first period but Steven Gerrard went close as the interval approached when curling a shot just wide of the post.

Harry Redknapp was forced to replace Nedum Onuoha with Matt Phillips during the break but QPR were straight back on the front foot as Sandro forced Mignolet to make a fine save.

Liverpool started to find more of a rhythm around the hour mark and Balotelli should have scored when McCarthy could only palm out an Adam Lallana effort, but the Italian blasted wildly over the crossbar with the rebound.

The visitors did take the lead on 67 minutes, though, when quick thinking by Sterling at a set-piece set Johnson free down the right and his low cross was turned into his own net by Dunne.

Mignolet was at full stretch to keep out a header from substitute Armand Traore and McCarthy saved a Balotelli shot with his legs as the game opened up.

QPR drew level on 87 minutes as another replacement, Vargas, was first to react to Austin's knock-back after Liverpool had failed to clear a free-kick.

But that was merely the precursor to even more late drama.

Coutinho then raced up the other end to put the visitors back in front after being played in by Gerrard, before Vargas struck again with a header two minutes into stoppage time.

However, even that was not the end of the scoring, as Sterling sprinted in behind the QPR defence and his cross was turned into his own net by a luckless Caulker.

 

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Suarez: I thought I'd ruined my career

Luis Suarez has revealed that he cried tears of relief when his move to Barcelona was confirmed as he feared he had ruined his career by biting Giorgio Chiellini at World Cup 2014.

The Uruguay international was hit with a four-month ban for sinking his teeth into the Italy defender during their nations' meeting in Natal on June 24.

Despite the suspension, Suarez, who initially denied deliberately biting Chiellini, was still able to leave Liverpool for Barca when the summer transfer window opened.

However, the striker has now revealed that in his darkest hours, he was worried that he would never be allowed to complete his dream move to Camp Nou.
"I felt I had ruined my career," Suarez told TV3."At first, I did not want anyone to know anything. I locked myself away with my family, but then I reflected on what I had done, I apologised and felt liberated.

"By then discussions with Barca had begun, and when Pere [Guardiola, his agent] called me to tell me it was done, I began to cry, because of the situation I was living and the support that the club was offering me."I felt happy about the commitment the club had shown me."But I was still afraid that the repercussions of the incident might halt the deal. I knew that could happen."

As it stands, though, Suarez is now set to make his Barca debut in next Saturday's Clasico clash with Real Madrid.Suarez is understandably desperate to resume his club career but he says that he has not been begging coach Luis Enrique to start him at the Santiago Bernabeu.

"I'm not imagining myself playing in the game but I am preparing for it with my colleagues," he explained.

"But it's not in my personality to ask the coach to let me play that game."I hesitate to tell Luis Enrique I want to play at the Bernabeu."

Suarez, though, already feels right at home in Catalunya and says he would like to finish his career with Barca."if I have the opportunity to retire here, that would be the perfect career for me," the 27-year-old stated.

Suarez signed a five-year contract when he joined Barca for a reported €94 million on July 11.

 

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Ausilio: Mazzarri is 'wrecked'

Inter director Piero Ausilio has admitted that coach Walter Mazzarri was emotionally and physically "wrecked" after Sunday night's dramatic draw with Napoli.

Jose Callejon opened the scoring with just 11 minutes to go at San Siro and although the Nerazzurri quickly levelled through Fredy Guarin, the Spaniard struck again in the dying seconds of normal time to seemingly seal all three points for the visitors.

However, Hernanes headed home an injury-time equaliser to ensure Inter avoided a third successive Serie A defeat.The late drama was apparently too much for former Napoli boss Mazzarri, who failed to appear for his post-match interview with Sky Sport Italia.

“It’s nothing worrying," replacement Ausilio explained. "He’s just wrecked!
"It was a special game for him, he was sent off and he is simply out of energy.“He apologises for not coming here, but from Monday onwards he will be able to have his say on the game.

“It was a wonderful 2-2 in many respects. The first half was played with heart, but Inter were also the only team on the field and we deserved more than a goal.“After the break it was more balanced with chances for both sides and a dramatic almost Premier League style finish.”

Summer signing Nemanja Vidic once again failed to convince at the back for Inter, making a mistake which led to Callejon's opener, but Ausilio is in no doubt that the former Manchester United captain will soon settle at San Siro.“It was an error, but there were several teammates who could’ve fixed it," the Nerazzurri director argued. "We cannot question the quality of a champion like this."

The point ninth in Serie A, 10 points behind leaders Juventus, and five adrift of third-placed AC Milan.

 

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Benitez: Napoli can still fight for title

Rafael Benitez still believes that Napoli can fight for this season's Scudetto - despite already being eight points off top spot.

The Partenopei had the opportunity to close the gap to leaders Juventus when they visited Inter on Sunday night but, despite taking the lead twice in the final 11 minutes through Jose Callejon, they were held to a 2-2 draw.However, Benitez believes that Napoli, who finished third last season, are more than capable of battling the Bianconeri for the Scudetto."We've already shown a year ago that we are able to fight at the top," the Spaniard told Sky Sport Italia.

"I'm not disappointed with the draw but content with the reaction of the team at a difficult ground like this one [the Giuseppe Meazza]."I'm unhappy because we went ahead twice and twice we conceded right away but, overall, the second half pleased me.

"That's why I'm talking about a great reaction. In the first 45 minutes we didn't do what we were supposed to do, but in the second half we created more chances."I saw that every passing minute helped our chances because Inter were unbalanced."

Callejon's double saw him join Juventus striker Carlos Tevez and AC Milan attacker Keisuke Honda at the top of the goalscorers' charts, but Napoli's star forward, Gonzalo Higuain, remains without a Serie A goal to his name this season.
Benitez, though, is in no doubt that the former Real Madrid hitman will break his duck soon.

"He has scored in other competitions in Europe and we expect him to score again in the league," the ex-Liverpool boss declared."He's a very important player for us."

 

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Monk blasts referee over Stoke penalty

Swansea City manager Garry Monk was left incensed by a penalty decision as his side were beaten 2-1 at Stoke City.

The visitors dictated the pace for much of the first half with some neat passing play and went ahead through a Wilfried Bony spot-kick after the striker was fouled by Ryan Shawcross.

However, Charlie Adam ensured Stoke were level at the break as he converted another penalty after Victor Moses went down following the slightest of touches by Angel Rangel.

Stoke boss Mark Hughes then freshened things up with three substitutions in the second period and two of them combined for the winning goal as Jon Walters headed in an Oussama Assaidi cross.

But Monk could not hide his fury at Michael Oliver's decision to award a foul against Rangel.

"The penalty against us is a disgrace - never a penalty in a million years," he told Sky Sports.

"Even their bench couldn't believe he'd given it and he should have been booked for diving."

Mark Hughes, however, defended Moses following the match, though he admitted that the penalty was "soft."
"I think he was running at pace in between two defenders and I think the onus is on the defender not to go anywhere near him," he said.

"If you look at the angle I've seen, which I think was the angle that the referee saw, there's a definite movement from Rangel's arm to go across Victor to knock him of his stride, so in my view that's trying to impede him.

"If you do that in the box when someone's running at pace, you're in danger of conceding a penalty.

"It's a soft one and you can argue as much as you like but the referee gave it so you have to get on with it."

 

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Fabregas: Chelsea style matters more than goals or assists

Cesc Fabregas insists he draws more pride from Chelsea's stylish attacking football than his own personal tally of goals or assists.

The Spain international notched his first Premier League goal in a blue shirt in Saturday's 2-1 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park to add to the seven assists already to his name this season - the best total in the division.

But Fabregas insists it is the increasing chemistry he shares with Eden Hazard and Oscar - along with the impressive nature of Chelsea's all-round performances this season - that pleases him most.

"I like to play this kind of football, and Eden and Oscar do as well, and the three of us connect very well and that goal showed well the qualities of the whole team," the former Arsenal captain told the club's official website.

"Now I am playing deeper in midfield there will be moments during the season when maybe I go five or six games without a goal or an assist, and I am more proud about the team work, the discipline, the way we coped with the sending off, than my goals or my assists. I give those to other people to talk about.

"We played a good second half when 10 against 10. We did have difficulties in the first few minutes but thankfully Oscar scored a fantastic goal and it helped us, and 10 against 10 is a different game and it was a solid performance."

Unbeaten Chelsea currently lead the Premier League by five points from reigning champions Manchester City, having won seven of their eight games so far.

 

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Ribery targets return to top form

​Franck Ribery has targeted a swift return to top form following his first game for Bayern Munich in over a month after suffering a knee injury.The France winger came on as a second-half substitute as the Bundesliga champions thumped Werder Bremen 6-0 on Saturday - his only outing since a goalscoring display in the 2-0 win over Stuttgart last month.

"I felt good," Ribery said. "Now I need to string together games to regain my rhythm and thus quickly reach my best level."The fact that we can play every three days can be beneficial to me. My knee is holding firm. Now I hope to really play, play and play."

Pep Guardiola's side sit four points clear at the summit and are still unbeaten in the league this season.

 

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Rodgers defends woeful Balotelli: He's not here to replace Suarez

Brendan Rodgers defended Mario Balotelli after the Liverpool striker drew another blank against QPR on Sunday, insisting that the striker has not been signed to replace Luis Suarez.

The Uruguay international joined Barcelona in a €88 million summer deal and Balotelli was subsequently signed from AC Milan for €20m as Rodgers attempted to fill the attacking void left by last season's Premier League top scorer.

However, Balotelli missed an open goal from six yards as the Reds beat Harry Redknapp's side 3-2, having spurned a number of glorious chances beforehand.

Yet Rodgers insists that he is a "different" player to Suarez, and insists that Balotelli - who has been dropped from the Italy squad in favour of in-form Southampton striker Graziano Pelle - will eventually get among the goals at Anfield.

“It’ll drop for the boy," he told reporters. "The most important thing to me is his work rate. He’s working really hard. It’ll drop for him.

“He's seen as a direct replacement to Luis (Suarez), I’ve said before, Luis is irreplaceable, a real world class talent. That’s not what’s being asked of Mario. He’s a great boy, I’ve enjoyed working with him. He wants to be better. He’s a completely different player to Luis.”

 

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Simeone: Griezmann will be key


Diego Simeone believes summer signing Antoine Griezmann will be key to Atletico Madrid's chances of retaining La Liga after his impressive late showing in the 2-0 win over Espanyol on Sunday.

Tiago opened the scoring in the first half before Mario Suarez made sure of the points on 71 minutes, and it could even have been 3-0 had Griezmann's effort not come back off the post with minutes remaining.

The Frenchman joined Atletico from Espanyol for €30 million over the summer and with Diego Costa joining Chelsea, Simeone says the France international's creativity in the final third is crucial to his side’s ambitions."He was very good with plenty of pace, very mobile and we need him because he's different to the players we have and is always close to the goal,” he said.

"With the intensity that he played with today, at some point the goals will appear for him. Both he and the team need his goals and I think it's only a matter of time before that happens."

Atletico enjoyed close to 60 per cent of possession and restricted Espanyol to just a single shot on target throughout the 90 minutes, leaving Simeone delighted with the patience displayed by his players.He added: "Today the team attacked well and the hardest thing when you attack is to defend well as well. But when we attacked, we defended well and that gives us the possibility to play longer in opponent's half."

Suarez’s introduction in place of Tiago on 53 minutes gave Atletico an extra cutting edge in the final third and Simeone was pleased with his response after returning from a nasty head injury sustained back in August."It was good for how he entered the game and how he handled the pace of team’s play. It’s great for the team that he’s back and I expect he will get better and better from here.”

The result leaves Atletico fourth in La Liga on 17 points, five points adrift of leaders Barcelona.

 

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Gotze: I would love it if Reus joined Bayern

Mario Gotze says he would be "really happy" if former Borussia Dortmund team-mate Marco Reus were to join him at Bayern Munich.

Gotze made the €37 million move from BVB to their rivals in summer 2013, with the deal controversially being announced on the eve of Dortmund's Champions League semi-final clash with Real Madrid.

Reus has since been the subject of a great deal of reported interest from Europe's major clubs with the Bavarian giants one of the parties looking to sign him and Gotze says he would be delighted if the 25-year-old joined him at the Allianz Arena.

"I get along really great with Marco," he told Bild. "That's his decision, he must know himself. But I would be really happy if he would come here."The 22-year-old was heavily criticised for his decision to join Bayern, particularly because it was announced during the season - before the two sides went on to meet in the Champions League final.

However, he insists it was his decision to make, adding that he is developing well and learning from his mistakes.Gotze continued: "It's my life, it's my decision. I get advice, but the final decision about my life is one I always take alone. I have long agonised about it. It was a very, very important decision for me.

"I'm 22-years-old. I cannot do everything right, I need to have the scope to make errors. This is normal, as in real life."

 

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Ancelotti: Real Madrid don't want Sterling

Carlo Ancelotti has insisted Real Madrid are not interested in signing Raheem Sterling, but feels the Liverpool star is one the best players in Europe.

It has been reported that the Champions League holders have monitored the 19-year-old, along with Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester City, prompting an improved contract offer which the player has agreed to.

Sterling has emerged as a key player for Liverpool and England in 2014, but Ancelotti does not feel the winger would strengthen an attack already boasting the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.

"Sterling is a player of great quality, certainly one of the best in Europe," he told The Sun on Sunday. "But we already have extraordinary talent here.

"To think of another striker for the Real Madrid attack is really extremely difficult. It's clear that Sterling is not in our plans."

Sterling, who has three goals and two assists to his name already this season, is expected to line up against Madrid on Wednesday as Liverpool host the Spanish giants in the Champions League.

 

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Van Gaal: Rooney won't walk back into Manchester United starting XI

Louis van Gaal has warned Wayne Rooney that he will not walk back into the Manchester United starting XI upon his return from suspension, despite being named the club’s captain at the start of the season.

Rooney is banned for the club’s next two matches, against West Brom on Monday and Chelsea next weekend, having been sent off in the 2-1 win over West Ham on September 27.

He is will be eligible again in time for the meeting with rivals Manchester City on November 2, but Van Gaal insists he will not start the game unless he impresses in training.

"Nobody is walking back in my team, believe me. You have to earn it on the training ground," he told reporters.

"But every player here already knows that. I have always said that just because players have the best name, it doesn’t mean that they are the best for the team.

"I am always looking for a constant level of performance ­­– from the team and from individual players."

United have been hit by a number of injuries this season, with Michael Carrick and Phil Jones notable absentees, but Van Gaal has been impressed with the players who have been drafted in to provide cover.

The Dutchman has handed first-team berths to Patrick McNair and Tyler Blackett, among others, and has praised the young stars.

"Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick and Phil Jones are great football players but, believe me, sometimes the other players are doing better," he added.

"It is not only the name. I have seen, for example, a player like McNair. He was outstanding in the first match and you have seen the reaction of the fans to that.

"Of course Phil Jones, Jonny Evans and Chris Smalling have not been ­available. But I am always thinking that youngsters can take the job over. It’s not any problem.

"We have also good youth players – and we have showed that already with not just McNair but with Blackett and also with Jesse Lingard. Their progress is more quicker than you think."

 

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Juan Mata vs Ander Herrera: Intense Crossbar Challenge

Niyama Challenge 1kaJuan Mata 4 Vs 3 Ander Herrera

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