The Red Devils host West Ham United in the FA Cup quarter-final at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.
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Liverpool beat United 2-0 in the first leg of their Europa League tie and if it weren’t for De Gea’s heroics it could have been 5-0.
On Thursday, they dominated their Europa League first leg against Manchester United, defeating their rivals 2-0 at home.
Thursday’s chants were described as “disgusting” by ex-United striker Dion Dublin, while former Liverpool midfielder Ray Houghton said it was “dreadful ” .
Under-pressure Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal will know by next Wednesday whether to resign his fate to the club’s owners or to keep confounding the media and United fans over his future with the club. He didn’t call for Van Gaal to be sacked, though, because if he did that then his best friend Ryan Giggs might not get the job this time.
And Scholes, who won 11 Premier League titles and two Champions League trophies during his time at Old Trafford, believes Van Gaal’s team lacks genuine leadership on the pitch.
West Ham now sit a place above United in fifth in the Barclays Premier League and are full of confidence following back-to-back wins over Tottenham and Everton. We have to improve a lot to create more goals”, van Gaal concluded.
They have scored 12 goals in their last four games at Old Trafford in all competitions, as many as they had managed in their previous 13 home matches.
Daniel Sturridge – from a penalty – and Roberto Firmino found a way past De Gea to make Liverpool a strong favorite to advance after next week’s return leg, as United’s players failed to handle a white-hot atmosphere at Anfield and Liverpool’s fierce pressing game. The youngster has gone onto score 10 goals in all competitions so far this term and has become one of Louis van Gaal’s most trusted players.
“We are expecting a good side to play in front of their own fans and we are expecting a better performance from them. So you think that when you see [the Liverpool game] that we have played like that for all of the season?”
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“Is it important what Rio Ferdinand is saying, is that important to you?”. Manchester United vs. Crystal Palace and West Ham vs. Watford are now postponed for the FA Cup meeting between United and West Ham. I hope we all feel the same way, as Klopp said it…BOOM! we came, we played, we conquered! We have to press and play to win.
