“The challenge was bigger for me at Manchester United and shall always be bigger”, said Van Gaal, whose side are fifth.
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The young striker was taken off at the break for winger Ashley Young who played through the middle, while Anthony Martial stayed wide.
“So I hope that we shall recover very good, also mentally, because this (losing to Tottenham) is again a blow of course”.
They have six Premier League games left and could play three more matches in the FA Cup if they win Wednesday’s sixth-round replay at West Ham United and go on to reach the final.
Sky sources have also told us there is an offer on the table from an unnamed Chinese Super League club, worth £56m (approx 70m euros) to Ibrahimovic over two seasons. I think that Tottenham is a great team, and I said also that before the match.
The Manchester United and England captain played 61 minutes at Old Trafford on Monday night as United sealed a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough.
“I want more runnings in behind because I think we have chances to do that because they are like us, an attacking side with full backs coming up”. It is a little bit pathetic you asked that [whether he regretted his choice] because they have won 3-0.
They held United to a 1-1 draw in the first game at Old Trafford last month, have not lost at Upton Park since August and, as Van Gaal was keen to point out, will enjoy the benefit of an extra day’s rest. “I hope that we improve our communication because this is a very important game for us”.
With five games of the season remaining, Leicester remain overwhelming title favourites, but Pochettino vowed that his team would not abandon hope of a first league crown since 1961.
United have sounded out Jose Mourinho about taking over in the summer and Van Gaal is understood to have a fourth-place clause in his contract that would decide his fate.
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The Dutchman’s future is already in doubt at the club with a string of poor performances this season, the latest of which saw him lose 3-0 at White Hart Lane yesterday.
