Manchester United 1-2 Swansea: Could this be one of the shocking results Rogers warned Van Gaal about?

Swansea visited the Old Trafford on Saturday to prosecute their opening game of the 2014/2015 season. The story is simple. They came, they say and they conquered the home side 2-1.

It could be recalled that Manchester United had a pretty good pre-season run recording five wins in all five matches under new manager Louis Van Gaal but Liverpool boss Brendan Rogers issued a note of warning  that the United gaffer will find the league proper shocking.

In his words: "I think what he'll find is the competition in this league will be different to any other league that he's worked in.

"In a lot of the other leagues, there are one or two teams and those are the teams that are expected to win.

"This is a league where the top team plays the bottom team and on any given day you can lose. You don't get that a lot in the other leagues. I think the competition will probably take him by [surprise], and that's from foreign managers I have spoken to over the years."

The excerpt above shows that Brendan Rogers was clear with his words to the new united gaffer and that’s exactly what played out in the opener against the Swans at home.

In fact, Swansea went ahead to take the lead before Wayne Rooney grabbed the equalizer which only lasted until the later minutes of the match before Gary Monk’s men completed the job.

Van Gaal complained bitterly about how his team faired as a unit, other than trying to achieve stuffs with individual brilliance. 

''It is very disappointing that we have lost our first home match,''

''We didn’t reach the level we can play at. That is disappointing because we have done it much better and when you cannot do it in your first home match that is disappointing, especially for the fans.

''We were very nervous in first half, made the wrong choices and that is a pity. In the second half we never played as a team, therefore I’m responsible.

 

 ''We had more chances than Swansea but that shall say nothing about the result. It is the goals that count. I thought we would win [at 1-1] but because we are not playing as a team in the second half we made the wrong decisions going forward.

 ''My players did their utmost best, which I said in the dressing room, but you also need to play as a team and reach your level.

 Simply put, no English Premier League is a roller coaster, as often said, Gold don't lie enticingly in Gold Coast. What a way to begin the season.!