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Fellaini a convenient scapegoat

Asked why he'd made a seemingly odd decision by reporters after a game last season, Louis van Gaal replied: "It is easy for you to ask this after the game. I have to make the decision before the game." Barcelona's Luis Enrique has said similar this season when faced with outrage after his side had the audacity not to win a football match.

Only victory quells the perennial online rage of the modern football fan. When Manchester United's Jose Mourinho named his side for the very first game of the season at Bournemouth, it wasn't to the liking of many.