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Van Gaal defends Man Utd after Swansea shock

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal defended their performance in defeat to Swansea City. United took a first-half lead through Ander Herrera but Ki Sung-yueng equalised within two minutes and Bafetimbi Gomis gave Swansea victory when he deflected Jonjo Shelvey's 73rd minute strike past David de Gea.

"It is always frustrating when you lose and you are the dominating team, your disappointment is much bigger because of that," United manager Van Gaal said.

"In the first half it was an equal game as I counted as many chances for Swansea as we had.

"That was not a big difference, but in the second half it was a big difference.

"Swansea had a chance in the first minute of the second half and after that we dominated the game.

"Every two minutes we had a chance but we were not effective."

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