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“They weren’t second-best in the first game against Villa and at Anfield the game was very even”.

We are very good friends.

And the United boss was full of praise for the 20-year-old after the final whistle.

The memories of the Barclays Premier League opener on Day 2, Sunday, August 9, is one Petr Cech will never want to remember.

Daley Blind praises Manchester United’s work ethic throughout the match in their 1-0 victory over Aston Villa in their Premier League clash.

But after undergoing several checks on Wednesday, medics have reassured him midfielder Henderson is no hairline fracture – which means he has a chance of making next Monday night’s trip to Arsenal.

The previous afternoon – in a World Cup final now remembered for Adam Gilchrist’s squash-ball-in-glove heroics, floodlight failures and farcical organisation – Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya had, for just over one quixotic hour, made the impossible seem plausible.

A similar situation two years prior had seen Manchester City fail to win any silverware and sack then manager Roberto Mancini before the conclusion of the Premier League season and less than a year after the club had won their first top division title since 1968.

“I was at Tottenham for a while, but they did not want me, and I went to West Ham, which was the best option for me”, said Oxford, who is scheduled to receive his GCSE results next week. I was a striker back then.

Tottenham’s indifferent start to the season continued as they managed to throw away a 2-0 lead to finished with just a point against Stoke, who were inspired by substitute and forgotten man Stephen Ireland into a stirring comeback at White Hart Lane. And United’s...

Van Gaal led United to fourth in his first season at the helm, returning the Old Trafford club to the UEFA Champions League after a seventh-placed finish in the previous campaign.

Having won the curtain-raiser match of the current series against India at Galle, the second Test starting at the P Sara Oval on Thursday is one game the Lankans cannot afford to lose.

Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood said: “I am disappointed with the result, I thought we nullified them, but it is to be expected, we have a lot of players out there trying to find their feet in English football“.

Dick Advocaat says Sunderland will have “no chance” if they continue to perform as they did during their opening-weekend capitulation at Leicester.

Victory was United’s second straight 1-0 win after last week’s win over Tottenham and van Gaal believes they can still improve despite their 100 per cent record. The Red Devils were defensively compact and didn’t allow Villa to create any clear cut chances.