Louis van Gaal revealed Luke Shaw volunteered to play – just 24 hours
after the Manchester United boss accused him of being unfit, writes David McDonnell in Washington DC.
Van Gaal made Shaw train on his own the day before United faced Inter Milan, after revealing the £27million England defender returned from the World Cup out of shape.
Shaw was not even listed among the 25 names on the United team-sheet, but Van Gaal revealed he asked the 19-year-old to play after left-back Reece James was ruled out with an injury.
“He [Shaw] is working very hard,” said van Gaal. “He was lucky. Normally we would play Reece James, but he was injured.
“So I asked Luke if he would play. He did a very hard training session this morning but he still did very good.” Shaw
undertook a fitness work-out on Washington's FedEx Field prior to the
game, and came on for the second-half of the goalless draw, with Van
Gaal's side winning on penalties.
United scored all five of their spot-kicks, with Darren Fletcher
converting the decisive one, as Van Gaal's men edged closer to the final
of the International Champions Cup final in Miami on Monday.
The
United boss said: “David De Gea was our goalkeeper in second-half
because we think he’s the best of the four goalkeepers we have at
Manchester United.
“Yesterday Darren Fletcher hit the post in practice, so it's a little bit of luck, but we deserved the win I think.
“I’m pleased. We played better than our other games. We played well and conceded only one shot on goal.
“We created six or seven chances and that means its 7-1 [in United's favour]. I was very pleased with our ball possession.
“It was much better and we covered our positions better. I was very pleased with my players tonight.”
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