MANCHESTER, England (AP) β Louis van Gaal lost his first Premier League game with Manchester United on Saturday, with Swansea winning 2-1 to become the first away team since 1972 to open the season with a victory at Old Trafford.
Gylfi Sigurdsson took advantage of poor defending to score the Welsh club’s winning goal in the 72nd minute. United captain Wayne Rooney had tied the match after Ki Sung-yeung opened the scoring.
Van Gaal was hired by United to revive the 20-time English champions’ fortunes after the team finished seventh under David Moyes last season following the retirement of Alex Ferguson.
Van Gaal officially began work only a month ago after leading the Netherlands to a third-place finish at the World Cup.
