Louis van Gaal has claimed that his Manchester United side are the best team in the Premier League right now, ahead of the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and in-form Liverpool.

The Red Devils currently occupy third spot and look to be on course to book a return to the Champions League, but the campaign, as a whole, has been far from convincing.

Even though LVG oversaw a £157m investment in new players last summer, United have stuttered in league action – the loss at Leicester City was a low point – and their cup form has been relatively poor, with Capital One Cup elimination at the hands of the MK Dons, while it took a replay to overcome League Two outfit Cambridge United in the FA Cup.

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As well as this, critics have labelled Van Gaal’s side a ‘long ball’ team and record signing Angel di Maria has struggled since the turn of the year.

However, the Dutchman has been bullish, claiming that United are the best team in England’s top flight right now:

"As you know, when you see the score of the last 19 or 20 matches we are the best team in the league.” He is quoted by The Mirror.

"Now I believe that every player knows the philosophy of me and my staff. Everyone wants to follow that philosophy and you can see that in the team spirit of the team which is unbelievable.

"Mostly I have told them (the players) after the matches that we can play better, but I have also said it was already 70 minutes good, this match, or 45 or 60, but we have to do it 90 minutes.

"I don't believe we have been able to do it for 90 minutes, so I think we have a long way to go. You don't have to exaggerate that we are playing well.

"But, very important is that we continue to win and that we don't lose so much anymore and that the results are more stable.

"You never know (how far away you are from being the best team in the league), but it is the right question because I want to improve the performance."

 

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