“You have to force a bit of luck”.
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With Arsenal and Chelsea exiting the night before as well, both United’s great rivals Liverpool and Manchester City will now harbour more realistic ambitions of scooping the prize.
“I am so disappointed”.
The spotkick was subsequently saved by Boro keeper Tomas Mejias with thehome side eventually losing 3-1 in the shootout.
Van Gaal has been credited during his long successful career with fostering new talent, having handed debuts to the likes of Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez at Barcelona and winning a Champions League crown with a youthful Ajax.
– Louis van Gaal’s charges have lost just one of their last six league games (W4 D1 L1), keeping three clean sheets in the process.
“He’s 195 centimetres. That is not easy to do when the goalkeeper is gambling for the right corner”.
Martin Keown believes Wayne Rooney should be playing deeper for Manchester United but feels the squad is overrun with midfielders, as per the Daily Mail.
The match finished 0-0 after extra-time and went to post-match penalties.
Against Manchester City, we were also not lucky but I can not repeat that every week that we’re not lucky.
When asked if the lack of goals was a concern, Van Gaal replied: “Yes, of course”.
Captain Wayne Rooney has scored only two Premier League goals this season, but Scholes defended his former team mate and said any striker would struggle in Van Gaal’s team. Last year, we were out of this cup already, in the first match, 4-0. In my opinion we could have scored against Manchester City but, again, that’s the score. “We need to turn our attentions immediately to Saturday, because it’s another big game, an away game, and we need a response”.
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Boro were beaten in the Championship play-off final by Norwich, missing out on promotion last season. A lot of players were in finishing circumstances and didn’t do it. Not one player but more players so that’s a little bit frustrating. “I am proud because our overall performance was fantastic”. “In sport, we know you can lose but you have to continue, we shall continue and we shall win”, he added.
