Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal sent out his team to play QPR in an unorthodox 3-3-2-2 formation that the R’s were easily able to pick apart during the first half.
Angel Di Maria started upfront with Colombian striker Falcao, but the visitors were unable to dominate the match.
The traveling United faithful started chanting “attack, attack, attack” and even “four-four-two, four-four-two” in an attempt to orchestrate a system change.
Eventually LVG relented to the pressure reverting to a 4-4-2 which allowed Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson to score.
Van Gaal explained: “I know in advance that when we play with four midfielders in a diamond that we create more chances, but then the balance of the team is also weak.
“And you’ve seen it because we had created chances but so had QPR.
“We have to decide every week how we have to play. And that’s the question.
“But also with the other system we played against Tottenham Hotspur, maybe you remember the first half we created maybe six or seven more chances than today, and we didn’t score.
“So it’s always the question, are you effective enough?
“Against Southampton away we scored two out of three chances and we won the game.
