unreal prediction there, how did you manage it?
I used my head mate.
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In LVG we trust.
3 great years. First Moysie then LVG. Too good to last I suppose.
Spurs loss, Man Uâs gain.
Louis van Gaal has apologised to Tottenham for not becoming their manager and claimed Manchester United will always be a bigger club despite watching his side lose 3-0 at White Hart Lane.
Spurs kept their Premier League title hopes alive as a seven-minute treble from Dele Alli, Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela stunned United and reduced the gap behind Leicester back to seven points.
Tottenhamâs progress under Mauricio Pochettino has been one of the stories of the season but it could easily have been Van Gaal sitting in the home dugout given the Dutchman was chairman Daniel Levyâs first choice to take over in the summer of 2014.
Asked if he regretted his decision to overlook the job in north London, Van Gaal said: "In the balance, we are still ahead. The challenge is always bigger in a bigger club.
"I like also to sign for Tottenham Hotspur. Daniel Levy knows that. But the challenge was bigger at Manchester United and shall always be bigger.
âI am sorry for Tottenham but Manchester United will always be the bigger club. I think it is a little bit pathetic that you ask that because they have won 3-0. It is easy to ask that but it is okay, you enjoy yourself.â
Van Gaal is not giving up hope of Manchester United gaining a top-four spot despite dropping four points behind Manchester City in the race for the Champions League.
Unitedâs defeat on Super Sunday means that time is ticking on their hopes of another top-four finish under the Dutchman, with six games remaining.
He told Sky Sports: "No [Iâm not giving up hope], every team can lose from everybody, so still we are in the race.
"But of course when you lose a game you have to close the gap again, and thatâs more difficult.
"I donât think [the manner of defeat mattered]. I think that Tottenham is a great team, and I said also that before the match.
âUntil the first goal I think we were a good team who were playing good, in Tottenham, and also had a big chance for a goal, so you cannot say that the way we have lost is a big negative result. But the way we have played until the first goal was good.â
Manchester United had the better of the early stages, but quick-fire goals put the game well beyond the visitors.
Van Gaal said the game could have had a different outcome if a first-half chance for Anthony Martial was converted, but rued what he described as âmiscommunicationâ for Alliâs opener as United were stretched in defence.
"I think until the first goal you are at least an equal team. I think the better chance was for us with Martial, big space and big time for him.
âI think we give the goal away with miscommunication, and within five minutes we were out of the game.â
Bump.
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Name on the Cup performance at the Boleyn Ground from King Louis.
2-1 now. Cracking FA cup tie
Greatest knockout tournament in world sport.
The boelyn is rocking
Andy Carroll is an awful handful
Rashford is outstanding.
Some finish for his goal. He couldnât have placed it any better then that.
Heâs scored 4 or 5 great goals already. All different styles too.
Great young prospectâŚlocal lad to boot which is fantastic.
He wonât get a look in if Mourinho gets the job
Yes he will.
Pochettino is the only man for the job. If Mourinho wasnât good enough for Old Trafford when he was winning leagues heâs definitely not the answer now.
Didnât play too many young lads at Chelsea. Lukaku?
F*ck off.