David de Gea produced some heroics against West Ham but was largely anonymous in the 1-0 win over Aston Villa. The Red Devils (16-8-9) dominated the ball in the opening half and grabbed the victor thanks to youngster Marcus Rashford, who’s been nothing short of a revelation with seven goals in 12 matches since his call-up from United’s academy.
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Pardew said: “Dann is so important to us and has been all year, so when he took that knock I was a little bit concerned”.
“I love the last ten games of a season and it really is where the meat is”.
Pardew added: “McArthur is going to return for this game and he has been a real miss for us: his energy, his experience, his quality”. “We need to win our games and wait for the rest of the teams”.
Before returning to Wembley, Adebayor and his Crystal Palace team-mates face Manchester United on Wednesday in what could be a dress rehearsal for the FA Cup final. They just need to keep going and keep believing.
“But at the end of the day, it is amusing, the weather was good, we were playing in London and 20 minutes from my house”.
“He will be in contention for the semi-final if he can come through tomorrow’s game, which I think he can, so we will see”.
Alan Pardew is backing Emmanuel Adebayor to cause Arsenal problems ahead of Crystal Palace’s visit to The Emirates Stadium.
Latest team news: Van Gaal made changes for the win over Villa by resting Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard, with Wayne Rooney and Memphis coming in, so it will be interesting to see which of those four will start on Wednesday night. “We didn’t deserve that though but we had a good strategy to us today and the lads did well”.
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“And they are both heavy and aggressive players who are quick and that does make them more prone to injuries”.
