There is more than just a Uefa Champions League place and a piece of silverware on the line in Manchester United’s final two games of the 2015/16 campaign. With this win, United is 1 point behind across-town rivals Manchester City.
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However, Louis van Gaal remains in charge at Old Trafford and time seems to be running out for Ed Woodward to strike with Mourinho hoping to land a new job before the start of pre-season.
On further probing regarding his chances of being appointed as the next Manchester United manager, the self-proclaimed Special One dodged the bullet with finesse and chose “time” as his answer.
Paul Scholes, former Manchester United midfielder, at Old Trafford, Manchester, March 13, 2016.
“To me we deserve to be in the Champions League places”, Sagna added.
Van Gaal expected that West Ham would be charged by the occasion of waving goodbye to the Boleyn Ground, with Tuesday being the club’s final match at the stadium before moving to the Olympic Stadium. United’s exploits in London have been rather dismal with Van Gaal’s men being blitzed in minutes of madness, culminating in 3-0 defeats to both Arsenal and Tottenham. I love the country, I love the football here, my family is very stable and happy. The lack of aforementioned cutting edge should be attributed to another poor display from Memphis Depay who failed to stake a claim for a start in the remaining games by looking well short in confidence and conviction. “[On Sunday], it’s recovery day and the day after recovery we have to travel but I have to decide on the data who I will take with me”.
Luckily for Van Gaal, the host side’s inability to score and a mistake by Bassong gave Rooney the ball, after the ball got caught under his feet before he could pull the trigger, the striker managed to pick out Juan Mata who had sprinted 35 yards into a position to shoot, and from five yards The Spaniard couldn’t miss, giving United a vital 3 points in an otherwise tiresome match. Manchester United won the title by four points but in all fairness, this was Liverpool’s title which they lost out on. “It is a historical, big club in the Premier League so we don’t want to spoil the party but we need the three points”.
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If United feel Van Gaal has made sufficient improvements to the team in recent months, they should retain his services for one more year even if United fall short in the race for Europe’s primary continental club competition or are the victims of an upset against Crystal Palace.
