Manchester United go in search of their first major trophy since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club as they face Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final at Wembley later.
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You have to go have to go back to 1990 to when these two sides met in the FA Cup final, with United proving victorious after a replay.
The FA Cup is quite often the pinnacle of our domestic football season but after Leicester rewrote the football shocks script in the Premier League not even a huge Crystal Palace win over Manchester United on Saturday evening would be that surprising. Nice pace and a good first touch should see the player get a few chances down the wing to do damage. Louis Van Gaal thinks that winning it would save his job but I think the ship sailed a long time ago.
“I hope we keep it that way”.
“There’s no revenge. This is about this team getting to a cup final and winning it. We’re not going to drown ourselves in 1990”, Pardew told reporters during his pre-match press conference. “Coming out of Dutch football he’d done really well and scored a lot of goals, and he got off to the flawless start at Manchester United”, he said.
Scholes has been a vocal critic of van Gaal for large parts of this season as Man United suffered early exits in the Champions League and Capital One Cup before only mustering a fifth-placed finish in the Premier League. United, together with Tottenham, had the best defensive record in the EPL this season, largely due to the brilliance of Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea. On this game, I must say Wayne Rooney appears to be reclaiming his position as the force behind Man United.
“We take one final which we lost into the game, so this group of players have an opportunity to put something permanent there – a first major trophy for Crystal Palace”.
United has midfielder Marouane Fellaini back from suspension, and defenders Matteo Darmian and Marcos Rojo back from injury.
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In the semi-finals, Crystal Palace eliminated Watford 2-1 to book their place in the final for the second time in the club’s 111-year history.
