If you are to wade into the voluminous realm of inspirational quotes taking the form of an Internet meme, one of the most common is this Joyce quote: "Mistakes are the portal of discovery".
While we doubt the beleaguered Louis Van Gaal had time to read Joyce's Ulysses between Thursday's Europa League defeat and tonight's 3-0 win against Shrewsbury Town. He did, however have the time to study his successful opponents and the study helped him conjure up a match-winning tactic against Shrewsbury tonight.
Those who thought Van Gaal's ego prevented him from copying others are wrong, while it is a further fillip for FC Midtjylland. They were founded the year United won the treble in 1999, and now they are influencing the great club's tactics. Watch below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Kd6e0Upek
