Wayne Rooney and his fellow players may be trying too hard to score goals, according to his Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal.

Wayne Rooney and his fellow players may be trying too hard to score goals, according to his Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal.

Wayne Rooney and his fellow players may be
trying too hard to score goals, according to
his Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal.

United have scored the lowest number of goals
among the top six clubs in the Barclays Premier
League this season, with England captain
Rooney scoring just two.
Van Gaal suggested it might be a mental block
affecting Rooney and the other United players
rather than a lack of chances - and used the
example of Mario Gomez during his time at
Bayern Munich , who scored around a goal a
game despite only having nine to 14 touches in
a match.
Rooney had around 50 touches of the ball last
weekend against Manchester City - his average
number this term.
Van Gaal said: "Players are human beings and
they want to score goals but maybe they want
it too much and maybe then the choices are not
always good.
"Maybe he (Rooney) is doing too much, because
you never know as a player how you can
improve your shape or your finishing. It can also
(create) a lot of doubt and I try to influence
that.
"But it can be too hard and then your mental
state shall be a little bit less and that has an
influence on everything and that's the most
difficult thing as a manager and player to cope
with.
"When I was manager of Bayern Munich , the
striker was Gomez and he touched the ball nine
times on an average in a game - the highest 14
touches - but he scored every game.
"I don't think our strikers touch less the ball -
it's how the balls are coming to him, how he
decides, how quick he is in dealing with the
situation."

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