Louis van Gaal has backed his Netherlands side to improve before their World Cup campaign gets underway.

In recent days the Dutch have drawn with Ecuador, before going on to record a narrow 1-0 win over Ghana last night.

However, despite those less than convincing results, Van Gaal has insisted that his team "will get better".

"In the second half we created less but we gave away absolutely nothing. Ghana pinned us back and that makes it difficult. It will get better. We've only just started," the 62-year-old, who will take charge of Manchester United next season, told reporters.

In the group stages, Holland will face holders Spain, as well as Chile and Australia.