United, who are sixth in the Premier League, face fourth-placed Manchester City on Sunday needing a result to boost their chances of qualifying for the Champions League. It also left the club under severe threat of being displaced in the top four in an increasingly fraught race for Champions League qualification.
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City were missing defensive duo Vincent Kompany and Nicolas Otamendi and Rashford gave stand-in centre-back Martin Demichelis a torrid time, streaking past him to score the game’s only goal.
The Chilean said after the game: “Both of them have muscle injuries so I don’t think you can be fit in one week”. It was a performance very similar to the 3-2 win against Arsenal – full of passion, determination and a will to win dragging them through the finish more than the quality. Aleksandar Mitrovic scored an 83rd-minute equalizer for Newcastle, which avoided a seventh straight loss to its fierce rival.
“It was a mistake in the first goal”.
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On the stroke of half-time, Rashford again ghosted past Demichelis and was taken down inside the area, but no penalty was given. His short back pass to the England number one was pressured by Anthony Martial, and in stretching to (successfully) clear the ball, Hart looked to have pulled a muscle.
City lost winger Raheem Sterling (groin) and goalkeeper Joe Hart (calf) to injuries, the latter caused by one of many errors by Demichelis, who was liability in defense.
Van Gaal declared the match as a must-win in the build-up, and having picked up the victory, now believes that a top-four finish is in their own hands.
Van Gaal is under mounting pressure if he is to see out the final season of a three-year deal he signed in 2014.
“He is also an attacking point and he runs the channels”.
Scoring isn’t a problem for Kane this season.
Sources say however that Tottenham consider Kane unsellable and are confident that he’ll be at White Hart Lane next season.
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“He is young. He is good, otherwise I don’t let him stay and I let him stay there”. “I think we are talking about the game today”.
