Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri was happy for goalscorer Jamie Vardy after their 1-1 draw with Manchester United.
Foxes forward Vardy broke Ruud van Nistelrooy's 10-match scoring streak record by netting in his 11th straight Barclays Premier League game.
The point saw Leicester move joint top of the table with Manchester City after Manuel Pellegrini's side earlier won 3-1 against Southampton.
Vardy stole the attention but Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri admitted he had guessed Van Gaal would change his system to three at the back to cope with the rampant Foxes striker and Shinji Okazaki.
Ranieri said: "I was sure he wanted to change something. When we scored I thought about Louis, he put three at the back and in the first counter-attack we scored a goal.
"It was good for us but maybe he was very, very angry. It is much better he is angry than me."
Ranieri is still thinking about the 40-point mark, the familiar benchmark that normally guarantees survival.
"Now I am thinking there are 11 points to go," Ranieri said. "It's important for our honour and our project to achieve 40 points, and then we put another little step."
