Van Gaal wants Robin to fly

Louis van Gaal wants to seemore improvement from Robin van Persie even though the Dutch striker responded superbly to recent criticism in Manchester United's 3-0 victory over Hull.

Van Persie laid on a goal for Wayne Rooney and scored one himself in the second half of a win that returned United to the top four in the Premier League on Saturday ahead of Tuesday's home game with Stoke.

The former Arsenal star has scored just four times this season but at least the display was a vast improvement on last weekend's win at Arsenal in which he only touched the ball 13 times.