LVG has faith in patched-up Reds

LOUIS van Gaal is convinced Manchester United can discover their killer instinct in front of goal again and avoid an early exit from the Champions League.

United are likely to crash out of the group stages for only the fourth time if their patched–up team fails to win in Wolfsburg tonight.

If they draw or lose, United will have to rely on PSV Eindhoven slipping up at home to CSKA Moscow to make it into the last 16.

United don’t stand a good chance of progressing. The Reds have scored only seven times in their last 10 matches, But the manager is confident his players will find their scoring boots again.

As the only striker in a threadbare squad, the responsibility for scoring will fall on the shoulders of Anthony Martial, who has scored only once in 13 games.

“He is very talented, but he is 20 years old,” Van Gaal said of the forward, who scored four goals in his first four matches following a £36million transfer from Monaco in September. “We have to give him time.”

United will be without Wayne Rooney, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia, Ander Herrera, Phil Jones and Morgan Schneiderlin tonight.