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UK Back Pages: Louis Van Gaal Scorned for Man Utd Champions League Exit

Tuesday night's Champions League action brought with it plenty of drama—and no less than 30 goals—but the main headlines were written when the final whistle blew at Wolfsburg's Volkswagen Arena.

The back pages are dominated by Manchester United's failure to qualify for the Champions League Round of 16, following a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Die Wolfe.

The Times' Henry Winter didn't mince his word when delivering his verdict:

The Independent featured an image of Louis Van Gaal looking rather unimpressed on the bench, describing the performance as "woeful":

— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) December 8, 2015

The Daily Mail accompanied the same image with a rather blunt "Loser Van Gaal" headline:

The Telegraph, meanwhile, let the image of LVG do the talking, keeping the back page as sparse as United's defending:

The Guardian lead with Manchester United's woes, while also drawing attention to Daniel Sturridge's latest injury and Jose Mourinho's latest insistence that Chelsea will stand by him:

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