Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has again praised the work of Marouane Fellaini this season.

Things have changed dramatically since Fellaini developed into a more effective No10 than Juan Mata, Rooney or Angel di Maria have been this season.

"Marouane always does the things that we want from him. He is performing what we want from a midfielder, we have other players who are too creative and too emotional to do the job," said van Gaal.

"I've always said for the balance of our team you have to also defend as well as attack and you have to beat the pressure from the opponent. Marouane plays a factor in all these aspects, we needed him in the team, now he has that role and he plays his role very well."