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Jesse Lingard reveals Louis van Gaal has finally given Man United the licence to thrill
JESSE LINGARD has revealed Louis Van Gaal has given his players the licence to thrill again in a bid to put the X-factor back into Manchester United’s performances.
Jesse Lingard celebrates scoring for Manchester United in the 3-0 win over Stoke
United followed up a convincing FA Cup win at Derby by producing their best home performance of the season against Stoke City.
A pacy, positive attacking display was highlighted by three well-worked and finished goals and was in stark contrast to many of their tedious displays at Old Trafford this season.
Lingard says the transformation is down to Van Gaal taking the tactical shackles off his players.
After breaking United’s embarrassing first half home scoring duck that had stretched back to September, the England Under-21 star said: “Now we are playing with that freedom and we’ve got a lot of energy in the team.