Louis van Gaal knew that the squad had to be adjusted, both to interrupt Tottenham's rhythm and prevent them from maintaining this momentum, and to adjust United's on-pitch personnel to stabilize the situation and preferably take the lead again.

In his heart, Van Gaal wanted to replace Darmian the most, and the Italian appeared in less than ten minutes today, and his performance was so bad that it could not be described as sleepwalking.

But the thought only passed through his mind, and he knew very well how devastating it would be to the body and mind of a young man who was not yet 27 years old.

In fact, even if a player comes off the bench and performs poorly, coaches usually don't make such substitutions. Because of this, the coach himself will not get a good evaluation, and it will only make people feel that the coach is still extremely immature.

If you can't replace Damian, who should you replace?

Marcus Rashford, the striker, is a real threat to Tottenham as long as he is on the pitch, at least two or three people in the back.

Not to mention this game, this young man has shown a very good physical condition so far, and he has just returned to the goal to complete a goal-line rescue.

The other man who must not be replaced is goalkeeper David De Gea, who conceded two goals in the goal he defended today, but the responsibility for both goals cannot be attributed to him. In that case, it will be difficult to hold on to anyone else.

In fact, if De Gea hadn't played well today, the team wouldn't have even drawn now.

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The adjustment of the back line can also be ignored for the time being, although the performance of the back line today is very bad, but the current situation is not to change the back line personnel can have an effect, not to mention that the back line has no more reliable options now.

Jones, Valencia and Luke Shaw are all still recovering from injury, while FC Floulmensa has just injured and the only defender, Ashley Young, is more of a wing-back or winger.

Then it's best to make adjustments to the midfield.

Anthony Martial was doing well today and certainly can't be replaced; Lingard wasn't doing very well, but he was at least able to run; Schneiderlin was doing well, and he was in good shape after being rested in the middle of the week; Carrick was the captain of the field and was given a midweek break to stay on the pitch......

Then, only Mata remains. The Spaniard has been working hard, but he didn't play well today and struggled. It looks like he's not out of the fitness crisis that followed the midweek game.

In fact, Van Gaal had already planned to replace Mata at half-time, but considering that Mata was still needed to sort out the midfield, he hesitated and did not replace him. But now it seems that Mata's fitness is indeed exhausted, and he can no longer hesitate.

But who should be replaced by Juan Mata? Ander Herrera and Marouane Fellaini are both good options, both of whom are good defensively and can now be used to strengthen the defence.

However, with the crazy state of the Tottenham players today, will they be able to hold it up? What's more, there are already two midfielders on the field, and if you replace them, the team will be a little disjointed......

Louis van Gaal's eyes swept over the United bench as he weighed in on his mind. Suddenly, he saw Depay on the side, and his heart trembled.

This little fellow followed him to Manchester United, and he has always been very supportive of himself. However, because he didn't perform well in the previous games, he has already let him sit on the cold bench for a few games, is it time for him to play?

Moreover, at such a critical moment, I am afraid that my own people are more trustworthy.

Thinking so, Van Gaal instructed Hoyck, the assistant coach next to him: "Go and get Memphis ready to come on and replace Mata." ”

Hoyke was stunned and replaced Mata with Depay? How does this lineup swing? He asked, "Where does Depay play?" ”

Van Gaal thought for a moment and said: "Let Memphis go to the left after the game, let Antony go to the middle, partner with Marcus, we play double striker!" ”

Hoyk nodded, got up and called Depay.

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While the Spurs players were still celebrating wildly, United made their second substitution of the game. Memphis Depay replaces Juan Mata.

With the completion of the substitution, Manchester United also changed the formation of 442, pushing Martial to the front line.

Van Gaal's substitution is still very bold, if other coaches, considering Tottenham's current state of almost crazy play, I am afraid that at the moment they are thinking about how to strengthen the defense.

Van Gaal dared to do this, not only because Manchester United have a clear advantage over Tottenham's historical record, but also because he has never lost to Tottenham in the two years he has been in the Premier League.

In the 2014-15 season, he won one and drew one against Tottenham Hotspur in his first Premier League debut, drew 0-0 away at Tottenham in the last game of the first half, and then won 3-0 at home in the 29th round of the league. In the first game of the season, Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 at home.

Now, the team is still holding a 2-2 draw, and Manchester United is at a critical juncture in the battle for a Champions League place with Manchester City, and any game that can be won cannot be voluntarily abandoned.

At the moment, Manchester United are still in the third tier and the schedule is very tight. Although Van Gaal had the heart to voluntarily abandon a front, he did not dare to say it, or even hint at action. First, the media is staring at him at any time, and once such signs are shown, I am afraid that the media will erupt; Second, now Manchester United's momentum is completely supported by consecutive victories, once the pace of victory is stopped, I am afraid that this gas will be discharged, then Manchester United may directly face a collapse, not to mention the league to fight for four, compete for the Europa League, I am afraid that even the FA Cup can not be kept.

If that happens, my already unstable position will soon fall into crisis again.

The old man has learned from more than one source that Manchester United has been in contact with Mourinho before, which shows that they are ready to replace their place at Manchester United with their former disciples.

The old Dutch man is stubborn, and at his age, he can not care about anything else, but what he cares about most is his face.

He can leave the position of Manchester United, but he must leave on his own initiative, preferably in style, and be swept away by Manchester United because of poor results, that kind of embarrassing ending is something he cannot bear.

Although Van Gaal is old, he still has the courage to fight to the death when he is forced to be in a hurry.