Louis van Gaal says, Manchester United dreaming of FA Cup triumph

Clinical finishes from Wayne Rooney, Daley Blind and Juan Mata and some electrifying wing play from Anthony Martial lifted the gloom, however, and a well-deserved 3-1 win kept alive United’s hopes of a first Cup triumph since 2004.

United were booed off after losing 1-0 to Southampton in the Premier League at Old Trafford last weekend, which left them fifth and struggling to qualify for the Champions League, but backed by 5,000 fans they produced a more vibrant performance.

Van Gaal was thrilled with the way his team performed against their Championship opponents and talked up the importance of the competition after the match. Martial then set up Rooney as Man United came close to regaining the lead late in the first half, but Stephen Warnock came from nowhere to clear with a goal-saving challenge, before Blackman fired just wide down the other end. “I’m an intelligent man and I can not predict the atmosphere on Tuesday”.

“You can see we were enjoying it, scoring some good goals and thoroughly deserved to win so hopefully we can put in another performance like this against Stoke on Tuesday”. “But he has failed to get his message across at United and the players don’t know what is expected of them”. It’s more important that they are supporting the players. The players have the most hard task.

“They have to give a result at that hour, with that resistance, and there are no excuses. They have to support – the fans.” said the Dutchman, according to The Guardian.

Having gone over two months without a Premier League goal in the autumn, Rooney is one goal away from matching the 14 he registered last season and he is confident of hitting the 20-goal mark for the first time since 2011-12.

Meanwhile, Paul Clement admitted Derby were beaten by the better side on the night but was pleased with how they offered a test to United. “It’s also fantastic that there is such a big part coming to see “boring” Manchester United”, he added.

Arsenal legend, Thierry Henry, explains why Manchester United should replace Louis Van Gaal with former Chelsea boss, Jose Mourinho. “I am a very happy coach”.

“It’s the same philosophy, the same training sessions the past three days and I always give my players freedom”.

“Of course I’m aware of it”, said the striker, who broke Charlton’s England goal-scoring record in September.