Or win the Euro League or the FA Cup.
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Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney is still weeks away from a return, according to manager Louis van Gaal.
“They have spent £300 million and they are sixth in the league”.
“Unfortunately if we’re not in the Champions League and we’re not winning trophies you can see why other fans might feel different”.
The evening has been marred by accusations of offensive chants being referring to stadium disasters at Hillsborough and Heysel in the 1980s heard from Manchester United’s travelling supporters, Omnisport have confirmed.
“There’s a list of players I’ve written down here; Di Maria, Nani, Evra, Welbeck, Chicharito, Evans, Fletcher, Rafael, Kagawa, I could go on”, Ferdinand ranted.
The odds are stacked against Manchester United progressing to the quarter-finals of the competition, but Van Gaal is continuing to believe his men can knock rivals Liverpool out. “That’s what Arsenal do”.
Asked by a reporter during his Anfield post-match media conference why United have not managed to win more than four games in a row this season, Van Gaal said it was due to the need to manage the resources in his squad.
“Liverpool deserved their goals but how their goals are existing – I see how they scored their goals”. In the first half we were not ready. That’s why we conceded a lot of chances. “It was really great”.
Van Gaal’s options are diminishing again and three games in three competitions over the coming eight days may ultimately prove to be three strikes and you’re out.
“I agree that the Liverpool game was not one of our best performances but we haven’t been playing like that all season”, van Gaal said, conveniently forgetting any and all previous instances of poor play by his team this season.
Manchester United will invite Slaven Bilic’s high-flying West Ham for a crunch tie at Old Trafford on Sunday.
“We’ll approach the second leg exactly the same as we did the first leg. That’s the only way we know”.
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“Scoring the second goal was very important. We didn’t do it well at all first half so we changed in the second half and it was better”.
