United kids make mark for King Louis

There have not been many days in another season of massive underachievement when Manchester United supporters roared their appreciation for manager Louis van Gaal.

But he had them laughing out loud on Sunday and cheering team selection in the best traditions of the squads of yesteryear known as the Busby Babes and Fergie's Fledglings.

The normally austere Dutchman's comic moment came as he attempted to demonstrate how Ander Herrera had been fouled by throwing himself to the ground in front of an astonished fourth official.