Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is determined to exact revenge on Swansea City.

The Swans claimed a surprise 2-1 victory at Old Trafford on the opening day of the 2014/15 campaign and did the same at the Liberty Stadium in last February's return match.

Both results still leave a bad taste for van Gaal and ahead of Sunday's clash in Wales the United manager has urged his players to show their quality and ensure there is no repeat of last season's results.

"I don't want to lose again," van Gaal declared on MUTV. "It's the only club we could not beat or gain one point against [last season]. It's a difficult team against us and before my period it was also difficult for United so I hope we can improve and that we can show that we are better than last year.

"Swansea are a very good team, they play a positional game like we do. They want to build up and have a good attack with speed and creativity. They proved they are a good team this season in the draw against Chelsea and against Newcastle and when I see the individual players I see that they have quality.

"You [the media] spoke about Montero, but they also have Ayew, Gomis and Sigurdsson who have creativity. They are a difficult team to beat, especially away.

"The first match that I played was against Swansea and we lost and now I have to play my 50th match and I hope we can show our fans that we have improved, because that is the main thing. Last year we lost all the points against Swansea and I always want improvement from my team and my players. I hope we can show that."