Louis Van Gaal Would Settle For Manchester United Winning Ugly

Louis van Gaal is aiming to win the FA Cup with beautiful football but will settle for anything that brings the trophy back to Manchester United. United are favourites to see off Crystal Palace at Wembley on Saturday in a repeat of the 1990 final that ended after a replay with Sir Alex Ferguson claiming his first piece of major silverware for the club.

The Red Devils have not added to their honours since the Scot's retirement in 2013 and while Van Gaal is aware that United fans expect an aesthetically-pleasing brand of football, he sees success as the main priority.
 
He said "Of course the starting point is to perform well, to win beautiful...to score beautiful goals. But a 1-0 win  for me, is also enough because winning is the most important thing in a final. When you lose you have nothing. You always need two attacking sides, then you always get a fantastic match," he explained. I think they shall defend very small spaces and then counter because they have a lot of speed in attack. It shall be very difficult, but you cannot always predict a final”.

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Crystal Palace v Manchester

Van Gaal has insisted that his own future at the club, which continues to attract varied speculation in the media and on the terraces, is a minor concern compared to the final itself. Rather than fretting about whether or not it will prove to be his last game as manager, the United boss is concerned about telling those who will not make his matchday 18 the bad new


Marcos Rojo, Marouane Fellaini, Matteo Darmian and Morgan Schneiderlin are all back in the fray, meaning changes can be expected, at least on the bench, from the 3-1 win over Bournemouth.