Louis Van Gaal is up against Mourinho

Louis Van Gaal is up against Mourinho Louis Van Gaal feels he is up against Mourinho lite when Manchester United are against Middlesbrough tonight. Van Gaal knows all about Jose when tutoring him at Barcelona and sees similarities in Aitor Karanka. The Teesside chief was Jose's No'2 at Real Madrid and LVG expects a tough test from his Championship high fliers in the Capital One Cup fourth-round clash. Manchester United's manager Louis Van Gaal said:" I know Karanka as a player, and of course he was Mourinho's assistant. "So I think he was able to learn the profession from him. He lets his team work in a very organised way and I can see he adores the creative players. It will be tough match. Brough is a great playing side, they want to play football, that is also a benefit for us I think.