The United manager has been under pressure all season, owing to disappointing results in the Premier League and Champions League, but is now within one victory of steering United to a first FA Cup success since 2004, after Anthony Martial’s 93rd-minute victor at Wembley. I think it is always a success when you win a title, but for the club it is more important to qualify for the Champions League because we have to show ourselves at the highest level.
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“We have played in three competitions – I think we are the team who have played the most matches in this season”.
The game was supposed to head to the extra time but Anthony Martial had other plans as the France international’s late goal in stoppage time saw United beat Roberto Martinez’s side to make it to the final.
And the United defender believes the Blues” defenders were “scared’ to get close to the pair after Martial’s stand-out performances against them this season, capped off by Saturday’s later FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.
With success nearly mandatory at Old Trafford, a first major trophy since claiming the Premier League title in the 2012-13 campaign would be huge for the club.
The FA Cup final will be played at Wembley on May 21.
United haven’t managed to win the FA Cup since 2004 so it would be fantastic if the club could end that run this season.
“The FA Cup is the FA Cup regardless of everything else”, he said. But now the fans have seen a very exciting match.
“But I watched the game at the weekend and if that is a sign of things to come, then Louis van Gaal has got a great argument to put forward”.
“We knew we had to go out and perform as a team”.
“It’s going to be a tough couple of days for us now but we can’t feel too sorry for ourselves because we have to finish strongly in the league and then look towards next season”.
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The England global was part of the squad that failed to beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final in 2004 and two years later, they were unsuccessful in getting past Chelsea in the final.
