Reds pass tricky test

MANCHESTER United manager Louis van Gaal declared himself happy with the festive period after surviving a tricky FA Cup test at Yeovil.

Yeovil are bottom of League One, but United needed superb second–half goals from Ander Herrera and substitute Angel Di Maria to end their resistance and claim a 2–0 victory from a performance at Huish Park that failed to hit the heights. The result took United’s unbeaten rub to 11 games.

Van Gaal revealed after the game that Brazilian full–back Rafael had suffered a first–half fracture, though didn’t specify where the injury was. “People think it’s easy because these players are from Manchester United but it’s not like that,” Van Gaal said after his players had been frustrated by Yeovil’s high–intensity pressing game.