Man Utd play PAOK in the Europa League on Thursday night and Ruud van Nistelrooy spoke ahead of the clash.
United were forced to share the points with Chelsea in the Premier League last weekend, despite Bruno Fernandes breaking the deadlock in that game with just 20 minutes remaining.
Although PAOK are the Greek champions, United are heavy favourites to claim their first win of the Europa League campaign and Van Nistelrooy has made three changes, with Victor Lindelof, Jonny Evans and Amad replacing Lisandro Martinez, Matthijs de Ligt and Marcus Rashford.ALSO READ: Onana sends message to Amorim over United formation switch
"I think my relationship with the team is very good and as an assistant manager you are a bit closer to the lads than the manager, so I have to say that helps me a lot now. Van Nistelrooy was asked whether it 'hurt' him that pundits say United don't have a style of play and responded: "I didn't hear it, but when you tell me now, it's not of the biggest importance.
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