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Van Gaal said that the only time hair pulling was acceptable was during "sex masochism"!
Updated : Sep 30, 2017, 05:31 AM IST
Louis Van Gaal has been far more entertaining during press conferences than his players have been on the field. He often mixes up players’ names, once called a journalist "fat" and asked his players to be "horny".
Now, he's trumped himself. Van Gaal on Sunday pulled a reporter’s hair after being asked a question about Marouane Fellaini reportedly elbowing Robert Huth. Speaking during the post-match interview, he said: “When you see what Huth is doing to Fellaini, that’s a penalty.”
After that, he turned on the reporter. “Shall I grab you by your hair? What is your reaction when I grab your hair? Your hair is shorter than Fellaini but, when I do that, what are you doing then? It’s a reaction. Every human being who is grabbed by the hair, only with sex masochism, then it is allowed but not in other situations. They did it. They did it several times I think. Huth was the guy who grabbed the hair of Fellaini. I think the reaction of Fellaini is like a human being.”
After the match Van Gaal also had an exchange with Claudio Raineri where the Leicester manager told Van Gaal he was doing a fantastic job, and Van Gaal agreed!
Just in case you thought I was making it up...
— Robert Summerscales (@robsummerscales) May 1, 2016
Fair play to Van Gaal. That much self-belief is powerful! #MUFC #LVG pic.twitter.com/v5SWmLMCC1
Claudio Ranieri's side failed to get the victory that would have got them the silverware but they will be crowned champions on Monday if second-placed Tottenham Hotspur, who trail them by eight points, fail to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, where they have not won since 1990. Hopes of a Leicester triumph on Sunday suffered an early setback when striker Anthony Martial put United ahead with a neat right-foot finish from Antonio Valencia's eighth-minute cross. The goal galvanised Leicester, who equalised nine minutes later when captain Wes Morgan headed home a Danny Drinkwater free kick.
The visitors thought they deserved a penalty when Riyad Mahrez clashed with Marcos Rojo in the United area, but without the suspended Jamie Vardy they lacked their usual threat on the break. United could have grabbed a late winner but Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel was quick off his line to foil the advancing Memphis Depay.
With agency inputs