Damien Delaney’s early own goal was added to by a fierce Matteo Darmian strike as United cruised to a win, with the scoreline kept respectable by a fine performance from Julian Speroni in the Palace goal.
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Louis van Gaal thinks Manchester United will have to win their last four league games to have a chance of a top four finish.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal insists that the “frustration” of the team’s inconsistency goes beyond the dressing room. At the end of the last campaign, he celebrated the presence of a lady saxophone player at the end of season party. “We needed to close the gap, we needed to win and that is what I said to my players in advance of the match. We created a lot of chances and didn’t give many chances away”.
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s FA Cup semi-final meeting with Everton the Dutchman claimed that, while Rashford has done well, he still has plenty to take on board if he is to thrive at this level. Now you have to convince the players why you select that way.
“We got some good game time – Adebayor played 70 minutes, Wickham got some game time, McArthur got some game time – we’ve really missed him”.
The 30-year-old, who has never won the FA Cup and was not selected for the 2009 semi-final against the Toffees, looks to have done enough to continue for the Barclays Premier League visit of Palace to Old Trafford.
And after a rip-roaring start to his Man United career, scoring seven goals, the 18-year-old has established himself as his side’s main goalscoring threat. It is too important a game to rotate.
One saving grace for the former Barcelona boss has been his success in bringing through young players, but he’s risked fans’ wrath again now by saying that the in-form Rashford is not ready to be a first-team regular. “I am very happy with that”.
“I have said for the club it is much more important that we are finishing in the first four positions because the Champions League is the highest level”, he said.
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“When we survive Everton, I shall give the players a lot of days off”.
