{"id":177337,"date":"2015-12-26T15:31:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T15:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=177337"},"modified":"2015-12-26T15:31:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-26T15:31:19","slug":"stoke-city-condemned-manchester-united-to-a-fourth-straight-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/stoke-city-condemned-manchester-united-to-a-fourth-straight-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoke City condemned Manchester United to a fourth straight defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stoke City condemned Manchester United to a fourth straight defeat to increase the pressure on manager Louis van Gaal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bojan Krkic broke the deadlock after a poor header back to David de Gea from Memphis Depay allowed Glen Johnson to play it back to the Spanish forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stoke went 2-0 ahead through Marko Arnautovic&#8217;s 25-yard finish after Bojan&#8217;s free-kick had hit the wall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Van Gaal dropped captain Wayne Rooney, who came on as a half-time substitute, and United struggled to create chances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stoke, who climbed three places to eighth in the Premier League, were superior throughout and could have won by more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arnautovic missed a great chance to add to United&#8217;s misery when clean through, while Potters keeper Jack Butland denied Marouane Fellaini, Anthony Martial and Juan Mata.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rooney decision backfires badly on Van Gaal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Van Gaal was already under pressure before kick-off after a poor run of form but the manner of United&#8217;s defeat at the Britannia Stadium &#8211; together with the manager&#8217;s decision to leave out England skipper Rooney &#8211; is bound to raise more questions about the Dutchman&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">United rarely looked like getting back into the game after falling behind and showed little desire and leadership as they found themselves outmuscled and outfought by an impressive Stoke side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were already 2-0 behind after an awful first-half display when Rooney, starting on the bench in a league match for the first time since 28 January 2014, was introduced at the start of the second period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They improved after the break, but Stoke, managed by former United forward Mark Hughes, deserved their victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cross-head\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stoke City condemned Manchester United to a fourth straight defeat to increase the pressure on manager Louis van Gaal. 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