Manchester United striker Robin van Persie is convinced his teammates are now responding to the methods of manager Louis van Gaal. After a battling 2-1 victory over West Ham on Saturday, Van Persie is convinced that Van Gaal's theories are beginning to work.
"Only me and Daley Blind knew how he works," said the Dutch striker. "He's trying to get his philosophy into a lot of new players. It's very demanding in a good way as you have to be focused every single day of the sessions or the meeting.
"He wants players to get involved in the meetings too. That's a bit of the Dutch thing, everybody gets involved in the project.
"Some training sessions are incredible and we are showing that in games as well.
"We had a setback against Leicester (they lost 5-3) but to win in circumstances like the weekend sends a message and shows that even in these difficult games we can win.
"Now we have to extend that and make at least the top four."
