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Manchester United's warm-up questioned - but what do you think?

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United's warm-up - What do you think?

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal partly blamed his side's performance in the 3-0 defeat at Everton on the pre-match warm-up - and you can judge the preparation for yourself.

Alongside his coaching staff, the Dutchman was convinced the preparation was not as "good as usual", before goals from James McCarthy, John Stones and Kevin Mirallas gave the Toffees a comfortable three points in the Super Sunday encounter in the Premier League.

"I had already the feeling and my colleagues [assistants] Ryan Giggs and Albert Stuivenberg had the feeling because the warm up was not so good as usual," said Van Gaal.

"In the last minutes before the game, you hope you can recover and stimulate your players but then it is too late.

"You have to prepare the match already two or three days before and Everton has done that and they have won because of that."

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Watch the video of United's warm-up above.