Plenty of work to do – Reds boss

LOUIS van Gaal has warned Manchester United they still have a lot of work to do before they win Champions League qualification.

United returned to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Leicester at Old Trafford.

Robin van Persie put United ahead with a sublime finish and Radamel Falcao added his fourth for the club, before Wes Morgan’s own goal helped United avenge their stunning 5-3 defeat at the King Power Stadium last September.

The win lifted Van Gaal’s team to within five points of second-place Manchester City and also went some way to appeasing the fans who watched their team play out an uninspiring 0-0 draw at Cambridge last week.

But Van Gaal reminded his players following the win that the season is far from over.

“No, because only at the end of the league matches we divide the titles, not at this moment,” the United boss said when asked if he could sense Champions League qualification was getting closer for his men.

United have a winnable set of fixtures coming up against West Ham, Burnley, Swansea, Sunderland and Newcastle.

But Van Gaal is aware he still has to travel to Liverpool and Chelsea in the last third of the season and he believes the fight for a top-four finish will go right down to the wire.

“It shall be a big battle to the end,” Van Gaal said.