Man Utd fans are right to boo me - LVG

United failed to score a first-half goal for the 11th home game in a row, before Charlie Austin got the winner in the 87th minute.

United are fifth in the Premier League, five points behind fourth-placed Tottenham and 10 off leaders Leicester.

"They are right to boo. I cannot deny that, I saw the match," said Van Gaal.

"For better or for worse we have to stick together," added the Dutchman after his side's six league defeat of the season.

United have taken 37 points from their first 23 games, their lowest total in the Premier League era and three points fewer than under David Moyes during the 2013/14 season.

Van Gaal added: "We are working very hard, but we have had a lot of injuries. That you cannot change."

On Saturday, United were without Ashley Young, who Van Gaal says faces "a long time" out with a serious groin injury, and lost fellow defender Matteo Darmian mid-way through the second-half following a clash with Shane Long.

Van Gaal revealed that the Italian was "spitting blood" after leaving the pitch and had gone to hospital.

If the 26-year-old is now sidelined it will leave United without a fit senior full-back, with Luke Shaw still out after suffering a double fracture of his right leg last September.

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Manchester United fans call for Louis van Gaal to be sacked

Southampton's new £4m signing Charlie Austin took just seven minutes after coming off the bench to score a late winner and pile the pressure on beleaguered Louis van Gaal as Manchester United once more crashed to ignominious defeat.

His 87th-minute header left United with just 37 points after 23 games, their lowest total in the Premier League era, and three fewer than David Moyes had at the same stage during his season in charge.

They have now won only two of their last ten league matches, and they have failed to score in eight league matches this season.

When asked whether he feared for his job after yet another cowed, nervy, uninspired showing by his side, Van Gaal, replied: "I cannot answer that.

“I don’t know, but it was a poor performance, of course, because football is not only defending but creating chances and we didn’t create any chance.”

It was not so much the defeat as the manner of it that dismayed the home support, and the match was played to a gathering soundtrack of anger in the stands, with a chorus of boos ringing the ears of Van Gaal and his players as they left the pitch.

“It was a poor game for the fans,” admitted Van Gaal. “I cannot change feelings, only work hard with the players. That is what I am doing. I put a question: how can we change this? That is my job. It is not an easy job.”

Adding that he thought United’s players may have been put off their stride by the sight of the fullback Matteo Darmian spitting blood after sustaining a rib injury, Van Gaal expressed his own frustration at his side’s inability to seize on the momentum of victory at Anfield last week.

“That’s the question,” he said. “When you have these results it has to give you more confidence. But also your opponent makes it more difficult, but I had the impression we could have done it better today.”

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Liverpool claim dramatic Norwich win

When the dust settled at Carrow Road there had been end-to-end drama, calamitous defending and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp had broken his glasses celebrating an incredible 5-4 victory over Norwich City that had seemed impossible only moments before.

The charismatic German coach looked agitated on the sidelines as Norwich leveled the scores at 4-4 going into injury time through a long range effort from Sebastien Bassong.

But Adam Lallana's 95th minute strike put Liverpool back in front and ensured the points would be heading back to Merseyside.

Cue the exuberant celebrations that saw Klopp's glasses knocked from his face as joyous Liverpool players piled on top of their boss.

"I usually have a second pair of glasses, but I can't find them because it's hard to find glasses without glasses" Klopp joked with reporters afterwards.

"Of course we were lucky," Klopp added of the nature of the victory. "But we were not too lucky when they equalized in overtime."

Roberto Firmino had put Liverpool ahead early on before a slick back-heel finish from Dieumerci Mbokani, a debut goal from new signing Steven Naismith and a coolly taken penalty from Wes Hoolahan at the start of the second period put Norwich firmly in command.

But Liverpool fought back and another strike from Firmino, sandwiched in between tidy finishes from Jordan Henderson and James Milner, put Liverpool back in control as 90 minutes approached.

"It is very emotional. We are in the middle of the chaos and react. Sometimes we know what we are doing, sometimes we don't," Klopp said of the crazy final few moments and his side's celebrations.

"The game (itself) is enough of a story," he added

Norwich manager, Alex Neil, was understandably experiencing emotions at the other end of the scale.

"It is really frustrating. We worked really hard this week and we put in a good performance, but made it a bit of a rabble with our defending," Neil said.

The result means Norwich remain just two points above the relegation zone.

For Liverpool it was the perfect fillip after succumbing to arch rivals Manchester United last weekend and moves them into seventh position.

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FBI probes Germany over 2006 World Cup payment

German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reports that the FBI has opened a corruption investigation into the awarding of the 2006 World Cup to Germany.

SZ said it was told by "sources close to FIFA" that the FBI was concerned about a suspect payment made by the German football federation to FIFA before the tournament was awarded.

The DFB said the money was a loan of 10 million Swiss francs - the equivalent of $7.22m - from then-Adidas boss Robert Louis-Dreyfus to FIFA in 2002 to obtain a large grant for the World Cup organising committee.

It is unclear who exactly received the money, however.

The payment is also the target of a tax evasion investigation by German and Swiss authorities.

The re-branding project of PDP aimed at repositioning the party to regain power by 2019

A report released and signed by the National Secretary of People Democratic Party, Prof. Adewale Oladipo, stated that the National Working Committee (NWC), State Chairmen and Zonal Vice Chairmen of the party rose from a meeting at the party’ National Secretariat in Abuja, Thursday, January 21, 2016 and resolved;

"To charge all its members to remain committed to the stability, rebuilding and development of the party."

"That the PDP still remains the only true national political party, well-equipped to nurture and sustain national unity and cohesion, irrespective of religion, class or creed."

"That all organs of the party nation-wide should be galvanized towards the re-branding project of PDP aimed at repositioning the party to regain power by 2019."

The meeting urged all organs of the party to continue to sensitize party members across the country on the rebuilding efforts as well as laid-out programmes, which would culminate in the summoning of the party’s caucus next week, and thereafter the meetings of the Board of Trustees, (BoT) and the National Executive Committee (NEC) to approve the draft guideline for our Congresses and the National Convention.