Therefore the Red Devils will undoubtedly prioritise that game over the FA Cup, which only offers a route back into next season’s Europa League, an achievement United are likely to cement through league position anyway.
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“I didn’t celebrate the goal?”, said a puzzled Klopp.
“It’s not giving the best results, but I think it’s working – yes”, he added, while admitting, “It’s not good enough when you think you have to be champions or win the Europa League and FA Cup”.
“It is still possible”. “I have been unable to play the same lineup in many matches because of injuries or exhausted players”.
“In our dressing room after the game it was kind of silent”, Bilic said.
But for now, United “still have the chance to win something” and the club has “to keep believing”.
“For the penalty, the referee can not see that because I think he held him outside the box and then he is falling down. But I am still in three competitions – and a lot of colleagues can not say that at this stage of the season”.
West Ham United will never have a better chance to beat Manchester United when the sides clash for a place in the FA Cup semi-finals this Sunday.
“But you need to get the ball to these players to see what they can do”.
Meanwhile, United’s neighbours, Manchester City, have already confirmed that Pep Guardiola will replace Manuel Pellegrini from the start of the 2016/17 season.
“I don’t want to discuss that with you because you are not part of the people who determine (what happens)”, he said. We have a lot still to fight for.
“We are absolutely focused on having two successful games, although the task is not easy and we are aware of that”.
Both teams displayed ruthless attacking football and would go to the extent of saying, Man United can count their blessing they only went down 2-0. And I don’t want to hide (behind) the injuries or something like that. Michael Carrick could also get a recall in the middle of the park with Morgan Schneiderlin and Marouane Fellaini dropping out after poor displays against Liverpool.
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If Rooney is kept out until the end of April, United will have only three scheduled Premier League fixtures, leaving Hodgson with a serious headache about the 30-year-old’s match sharpness.
