While their current (kind of) good form is now masking the deep problems at Old Trafford, the daunting figure of Jose Mourinho continues to loom large over his former mentor, Louis van Gaal.
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Everton have been a side full of goals, but there’s a reason they still languish in mid-table – their appalling defence.
“We have to play Tottenham (next), not an easy match, but normally we are playing very well against the top teams”.
“We know that we have to win our games because we can’t be relying on other teams to slip up”.
Juan Mata dedicated Manchester United’s hard-fought victory against Everton to Sir Bobby Charlton – a figure the Spaniard takes a lot of inspiration from, especially in times of adversity. United haven’t played great football but their recent performances have shown that in the big games they are up for it and can get the job done. Phil Jones and Ashley Young made their comebacks for the Under-21s against Chelsea on Monday (4 April) and Schmeichel wants to see rotation now Van Gaal has key players available again.
John Stones feels Everton suffered from bad luck in their 1-0 Premier League defeat at Manchester United.
“If we lose today, the victory against Manchester City is worthless”. Now we are still in the race. Arsenal will face a hard trip to West Ham, and Manchester City will host West Bromwich Albion-two hard opponents who are more than capable of stealing points in Week 33.
“I seriously think it would be some achievement for Manchester United to get themselves into that fourth position, but I’m doubting it”, he added”.
United’s 54th-minute goal was set up by full-back Tim Fosu-Mensah, who had come off the bench to replace the ineffective Marcos Rojo.
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Everton manager Roberto Martinez, meanwhile, has to ponder a fresh round of criticism from Toffees fans as he prepares for the weekend trip to Watford. “We’re on a little bit of a disappointing run at the moment and the only thing we can do to correct that is by looking forward to the next game”.
