Coach Nistelrooy: "Unity will help Man Utd become invincible"

(Dan Tri) - Although only in the role of interim coach, legend Ruud van Nistelrooy still left his mark when helping Man Utd win 5-2 against Leicester City and qualify for the League Cup.

"Even if it is only on an interim basis, it will be a great honour to lead the club I love for as long as possible. I can promise that I will continue to give my all, in whatever capacity, to try to change our fortunes.

Now is the time for everyone at the club to come together, give their all and turn this season around while we still have time.

From my experience as a player and a coach here, I can be sure that when the players, staff and fans are united, Man Utd will become invincible," said coach Van Nistelrooy.

The Dutch strategist said that luck accompanied Man Utd to win big against Leicester in the early morning of October 31: "In previous matches, Man Utd created many opportunities, even clearer ones, but did not score. But suddenly we had a bit of luck, and that made today a great day.

Man Utd scored some great goals, with Casemiro's opener a masterpiece. But we were also lucky. The ball hit the post twice and fell to Casemiro, and Bruno Fernandes took a deflected free-kick and scored."

Casemiro scored twice in Man Utd's 5-2 win over Leicester City (Photo: Getty).

According to Opta , Man Utd's 5-2 victory over Leicester City helped Ruud van Nistelrooy break coach Ten Hag's record, when the "Red Devils of Manchester" scored 5 goals against a Premier League team.

Previously, in two and a half years in the "hot seat" at Man Utd, coach Ten Hag had yet to help the "Red Devils" score 5 goals or more when facing a team playing in the Premier League.

Man Utd have parted ways with manager Ten Hag after a 2-1 defeat to West Ham saw the Old Trafford side continue their worst ever start to a Premier League campaign.

However, against the "Foxes", everything immediately changed when Man Utd scored 4 goals in the first half, starting with a beautiful opening goal from Casemiro's long-range shot in the 15th minute.

Ruud van Nistelrooy has taken over as interim manager while talks with Ruben Amorim continue (Photo: Getty).

Alejandro Garnacho and Bruno Fernandes then scored before Casemiro added another before the break, while Leicester's two goals took the tally to six in a chaotic 45 minutes at Old Trafford.

The second half was slower as Bruno Fernandes was the only player to score to finish off Leicester, thereby helping Man Utd have an impressive number of goals under interim coach Van Nistelrooy.

According to Talksport , it is still unclear whether Van Nistelrooy will stay at Man Utd or not when the Old Trafford team is negotiating with coach Ruben Amorim's assistant team, in which the most highly rated assistant is Carlos Fernandez.

British media revealed that Van Nistelrooy will leave Old Trafford once Amorim becomes the new manager of Man Utd. However, Van Nistelrooy denied it: "I came here as an assistant to help the club and now I am an interim manager when needed. I am here to help the club continue to build towards the future and that will never change."

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