Van Gaal doubts Man United’s top-4 chances after latest loss

I said we had to win this match because we have to be in the race for the top four positions in the league, and then you have to win these kind of matches.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has again addressed rumours linking Jose Mourinho with his job at Old Trafford.

Unsurprisingly, the result also saw plenty of United supporters calling for their manager to be replaced.

The Tunisian global seems to have settled into life in English football very quickly and he played in influential role as Sunderland beat Manchester United on Saturday.

With the top four in action against each other on Sunday – leader Leicester is at Arsenal and Manchester City hosts Tottenham – United wasted a great chance to close the gap on the Champions League places.

“It’s still possible [to finish in the top four], but it’s very hard”.

Khazri prides himself on applying plenty of whip to his dead-ball delivery and this art enabled him to score Sunderland’s opener before creating the second, an own goal for United goalkeeper David de Gea after Lamine Kone’s header hit the Spaniard’s elbow and rolled over the line in the 82nd minute. For fans, there is the obsession with optimism and faith, rather than wanting what actually might be best for the club – and that is to look at the people who own the club, the people who run it, the manager and the players, and to appraise them fairly.

It’s a no-brainer that Louis Van Gaal should be sacked if United don’t qualify for the Champions League. We had five players missing who could have been selected and Jermain Defoe had had a fitness test before the game for his hamstring.

He said: “No. I have to do my work and I do my work to my utmost best and I can not do more”. Because they didn’t deliver today (Saturday), you’re disappointed and frustrated, but we’re working together.

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It was a good game for the Dutch full-back.

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“I was fortunate to take over the champions from Sir Alex Ferguson but I think that team had probably had its journey and was going to need change”.

The only bright spot for Newcastle was a 90th-minute consolation, with Andros Townsend firing in his first goal since joining the club last month. Two minutes later the visitors were level through skipper Mark Noble, who scored via yet another assist for Payet.