Wayne Rooney has increased the pressure on himself after acknowledging poor form says Louis van Gaal

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 Judi Online -   Louis van Gaal believes Wayne Rooney has put himself under more pressure by acknowledging his poor start to the season.

Rooney has not scored for United in nine games and admitted he has been below his best following the 3-1 Champions League win over Club Brugge.

Van Gaal praised Rooney's honesty in acknowledging his early-season struggles but suggested the United skipper had increased the scrutiny on him with his admission.

Rooney will lead United's attack against Newcastle at Old Trafford this lunchtime, with the pressure on the 29-year-old England captain to end his barren run.

“It starts always with the player himself,” said van Gaal. “When you are saying so publicly that you are bad, then you know that you are very bad at that time.

“My first answer was that it starts with the player himself as he has to admit that he is bad and then he can improve. When you don't admit, you cannot improve.

“I think that's fantastic that a player will admit that. It's also, for me, unbelievable, because he is one of the few players who is saying those things.

“[That is] because it can after a few weeks be a threat of the media again, or pressure from the media - I don't know that word I want to say, so I can't express it.

“He takes a risk, I think, but he is very confident that he will make the goals that we expect that from him, and I am confident also.”

Despite Rooney's goal drought, which stretches back to April 4, van Gaal is convinced the forward will start scoring again and vindicate his manager's decision to play him as his main striker.

"My standards he knows already,” said van Gaal. “He knows my philosophy and what I want from a striker.

Agen Bandar Judi Bola Online Terpercaya -  “He thinks that he can perform that and I think that also, otherwise I would not put him in the striker position.

“I have tried last year all the positions [with Rooney] and he can play in various positions - he is multi-functional.

“I think his best position is the striker position and he agreed with that conclusion, and the second position is the No. 10.”

Van Gaal remained tight-lipped on United's failed bid to sign Pedro, who joined Chelsea for £21.3million from Barcelona, despite the Reds pursuing him for more than a month.

The United boss gave his full backing to executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, who came in for criticism over his perceived failure to conclude the Pedro deal, after flying to Barcelona on Monday to finalise it.

“I have the idea that you want to separate Ed Woodward with me,” said van Gaal. “No, never. Every day I am updated by him and I trust him.

“I don't think that they [the fans] have to doubt him [Woodward] because he has proven for many years that he is the right person in the right spot.

“I have said it before, what we are doing is guiding a process, and in that process we make decisions.

“I think, when we wanted Pedro, it was not any problem. There was a clause in his contract so it was 

the most easy transfer.

“You can write what you want, but we cannot say what we want, that's the difference. I have the responsibility of protecting the interest of the club, of my players, and I cannot say too much.

“When you ask me 'Pedro, is he fitting in the profile?' I cannot lie, I said 'yes', but I don't say I'm interested in the player, that is the difference.”