We are fighting for three trophies – Van Gaal

The Portuguese has been constantly linked with the manager’s role at Old Trafford, with pressure on current boss Louis van Gaal increasing by the week.

United trail 2-1 from the first leg and need to win the game – while wary of the away goals rule – to progress.

“I think we gave them too much respect in the first half”.

“As a Man United fan I always hoped we wouldn’t go through a slump but it was inevitable”, said Beckham who played for United under Ferguson from 1995 to 2003 and helped them win six Premier League titles and the 1999 Champions League. I do that also with my team and not many teams are doing that.

“But still everything is possible. But still everything is possible, we’re still in three competitions, so we have to fight for a lot of chances I think”.

Van Gaal’s position has come under a lot of scrutiny following United’s Champions League elimination and their disappointing performances in the Premier League this season. We had a lot of luck with the goal from Chris Smalling, but the second was fantastic that we could score out of a free-kick – we have learned that from Midtjylland.

“I have congratulated my players”.

David De Gea is in a battle to -recover from a knee injury in time for Manchester United’s Europa League tie with Midtjylland tomorrow. I was very sad and frustrated because of the result and the fans.

Louis van Gaal looked quite satisfied with the way his team put the grip on the game.

No giant was slain, no Goliath felled, but rather Manchester United strolled into the quarter-final of the FA Cup with an ease that made a nonsense of the idea that they are a club in crisis.

Jose Mourinho has hinted he will not take a new job until the start of next season and remained coy over his prospects of taking over at Manchester United.

“No one knows better than myself how I played a game, and no one knows better than us as players how we felt in the game, if we have done good or bad. It is not easy being the manager of Manchester United”, Beckham told TalkSPORT. It was very heavy for the other players, my substitution was not so good I think [laughs].