Manchester United vs Chelsea LIVE: Latest score and updates from Old Trafford with Louis van Gaal on the brink

Follow all of the drama from crucial Premier League clash here

The captains, Wayne Rooney and John Terry with referee Martin Atkinson (Getty Images)

Manchester United host fellow strugglers Chelsea in the Premier League this evening. Follow all of the updates from the game here.

• Manchester United vs Chelsea kicked off at 5.30pm
• Will manager Louis van Gaal resign if United lose?
• Van Gaal believes United are beyond help - but board urges him to stay
• Read Ian Herbert's Van Gaal exclusive HERE
• United have lost their last four matches in all competitions
• Chelsea have not won away in the league since August
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Ahead of today's big kick-off, Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick claims it is "disrespectful" to say the club's players are not giving their all for Van Gaal.

The midfielder insists it would be wrong to think that recent poor results show the players are not fighting for the manager.

"I have a lot of pride in myself and in my performances, and I think it is a bit disrespectful when people say that the lads aren't trying for the manager," the United vice-captain said.

"That hurts us a lot because that is not the type of people we are.

"We haven't won games and it is fair enough if people criticise things that have gone wrong on the pitch.

"But I think to say we are not trying for certain people is quite disrespectful and it hurts us a lot.

"We're playing for this great club. It is a special club. It is pride in yourself, pride in the club and pride in everyone - your team-mates and staff."