'During my first season at Manchester, the team was not performing and I was the scapegoat. Everything was Fellaini’s fault. If you pay attention to all this [criticism], you sink. It destroyed me on every side.” 'I knew it was going to be difficult when he [Van Gaal] arrived because I was the scapegoat last season. So I told myself I had nothing to lose.“I had one chat with him at the start of the season on my return from the World Cup. He told me there were a lot of players in my position and it was up to me to prove myself. 'After a few training sessions, I felt things were going well. He tested me. He put me up against players who could make things difficult for me, little, lively ones. Either one-on-one or in groups of four. He observed me in these games and watched the videos, too.'H/T The Guardian
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