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Louis van Gaal: Left Radamel Falcao out against Southampton
Louis van Gaal claimed that the decision not to include Radamel Falcao in his squad was a tactical one as Manchester United drew a blank against Southampton.
United failed to register a single shot on target as they lost 1-0 and surrendered third place in the Barclays Premier League to the Saints, who earned their first away win at Old Trafford for 27 years thanks to Dusan Tadic's decisive 69th-minute goal.
Van Gaal selected Angel di Maria up front alongside Robin van Persie and then shifted Wayne Rooney up front after the former Arsenal striker suffered an ankle injury while there was not even a place for Falcao on the bench.
That decision raised some eyebrows but the United boss insisted that he needed cover for other positions among his substitutes and defended his choice to drop the 28-year-old.
"As a coach you have to take decisions and you have to look at the composition of your team and your selection and you have to look at your game plan," he said.
"Therefore I have to decide that he is out of the 18 because I have to change, for example, Shaw and Di Maria.
"You have to look also to the needs of your selection at that time."
He added: "We have a lot of players who are coming back and (Falcao) has played the last five matches in a row."
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