They both are Dutch, but they differ a lot. Their style of management, footballing pattern and lot more.
While Van Gaal loves the possession and conservative type of football, his countryman prefers pacey football and don't care much about the percentage of the ball you have like what you do with it.
Speaking ahead of the match with United Hiddink said:
“The culture of English football is there. If managers want to break that down, the public and everyone doesn’t accept that.
“They like to see also what we like to see, which is more goals. They like to see also more play in the box.
“England (The fans) likes pace and fight. That’s a style which is for England. That’s why this league is very important.
“In Holland once, we looked at the figures and said we had 65 to 70 per cent possession. But there were opponents who said, 'We don’t care how much possession you have, we have the score (goals) on our side’.
“That’s why you must not overrate the percentage of possession. It’s what you do with your possession."
United fans would perfectly agree with the Chelsea manager on this.
United are one of the best teams currently with the highest possession in the league, but haven't been able to convert the possession to goals, whereas teams like Leicester City with less of the ball, score more.
Do you agree with the Chelsea boss?
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