Premier League: Louis van Gaal fears unrest among Manchester United fans despite Burnley win

Louis van Gaal fears he may be losing the support of some Manchester United fans despite seeing his side beat Burnley 3-1 on Wednesday evening.

Chris Smalling scored twice and Robin van Persie converted from the penalty spot as United moved up to third in the Premier League with the victory.

But relegation-threatened Burnley caused the hosts plenty of problems at Old Trafford and Van Gaal recognised some unrest from the fans in the first half.

"I heard the first whistles - that is a concern because we are playing for the fans,” he said. “The fans are the most important part of the club.

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"They keep the club living and that is very important but they also applauded after the match and always in matches there is 90 minutes, not 45."

Although they are now third in the league, United have not won many plaudits for their playing style this season.

They were labelled a 'long-ball' team by West Ham manager Sam Allardyce after their 1-1 draw at the weekend and Van Gaal acknowledged his side looked nervous against Burnley.

"Today it was like that, I agree with that, so that is a pity because the fans were still supporting, because of the positive (score) at half-time,” he said.

"I thought that was fantastic when the team was playing (like) that. I never had that experience with my other teams so I was happy with the support of the teams.

"But of course we cannot have that the next game because then we are out of the FA Cup because we were also lucky today."