Liverpool travel to Old Trafford on Thursday night with a 2-0 lead earned by a dominant display at home in the first leg.
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John Aldridge: “We’ve beaten United once and we can do it again”. “If we do our best it will be hard for Man United to enjoy the game”.
“You know that we have scored goals within three or four minutes this season, so it is possible”.
Van Gaal insists that all his focus is on scoring goals and keeping the tie alive, but the United boss believes his team can score four times if needed, should Liverpool get on the score sheet.
This was a player that previously provided great moments under Moyes, albeit at Everton, an inferior football club to United with less expectations.
Can himself has also played down the incident, claiming that it was just a small fight and all part of the game. It’s like a final for us.
“It was very doom and gloom but we didn’t have a lot of time to dwell on our mistakes at Anfield”, defender Chris Smalling said.
Faced with overcoming a two-goal deficit and with a daunting FA Cup quarter-final replay at West Ham to come, United’s chances of silverware in 2015-16 appear to be slim. Tomorrow it’s a big opportunity to give them.
Spurs paid the price for resting Harry Kane and leaving Mousa Dembele and Erik Lamela on the bench as they were outclassed by Thomas Tuchel’s German title challengers.
However, United’s poor form heading into the game, coupled with Liverpool’s upturn in performances, means it’s highly likely that the tie can’t be rescued.
“We can not allow ourselves to be distracted”. Our attitude has to change, simple as that. It’s a tight pitch, everything is on top of you. That feat has given them an eternal goal difference of +980, meaning they are approaching the magical number of +1.000!
“In the second half it was much better and we had more possession of the ball, but in the first-half we did not respect enough the game plan of the manager”.
United will play against Liverpool on Friday before heading into the Premier League match against City on Sunday.
The Louis Van Gaal-led side lost the first leg by 0-2 at Anfield. Old Trafford has traditionally been a fortress where United have thrived in the face of adversity.
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Luke Shaw, Phil Jones, Will Keane and Wayne Rooney are all described as “long-term absentees”.
