LVG Eyes Europa After Defeat To Sunderland

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has conceded that his side’s best chance of qualifying for next season’s Champions League may be by winning the Europa League.

The Dutchman suffered his latest setback as United slumped to a 2-1 defeat to Sunderland on Saturday afternoon.

But Moyes, who knows the price of failure at Old Trafford after his own ill-fated 10-month spell at the helm, has predicted a bleak future for the manager if he doesn’t get there.

Could it be a sign that van Gaal isn’t expecting to be sticking around much longer? But the main reason is that you’ll always be compared with your opponent in aggression and they played with more aggression.

Both Van Gaal and Rooney claimed United’s hopes of a top four finish in the Premier League are now all-but gone, with the skipper insisting he and his team-mates at at fault and not his under-fire manager. “When I lost my job, he was lauded by everyone in football”, the Scotsman added, which shows how quick things can change in a short period of time if things don’t go as planned.

Anthony Martial cancelled out Wahbi Khazri’s third minute opener but Sunderland dominated after the break and the visitors couldn’t cope, Lamine Kone’s header sealing the win after it was deflected in via the back of David De Gea. “I think Manchester United need to be there”. The fans want to see us win something again.

Norwich threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at home to West Ham and stay in the relegation zone, now only a point above Sunderland.

“It’s a big disappointment, I can not say it in another way”.

Van Gaal’s position becomes more hard with every setback, and he knows the consequences of failing to make it into the Champions League could be costly. We didn’t deliver and we feel disappointed and we feel sad. “Against Chelsea, we played a very good game; today, we didn’t play a very good game”.