Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has admitted that he is an Arsenal fan - for Sunday at least.
The Old Trafford club moved to within a point of fourth-placed Manchester City by beating Norwich in the Premier League on Saturday, and said he hopes their neighbours slip up against Arsene Wenger's men on Sunday.
"I'm more or less a Gunners fan [on Sunday], it's always a difficult game between those kind of teams. After the defeat against Real Madrid. It's not so easy for Manchester City to revive," he told BT Sport..
Additionally, he insisted he did not regret leaving out Marcus Rashford and Daley Blind for their 1-0 win over Norwich City, despite seeing Anthony Martial and Matteo Darmian pick up injuries.
Rashford and Blind were rested for the encounter at Carrow Road, in which Juan Mata scored the winner in the 72nd minute.
However, the win came at a cost as Martial picked up a knock in the warm-up and Darmian was taken off in the 12th minute with an ankle injury.
Darmian will be assessed on Sunday but Van Gaal was quick to defend his decision to omit Rashford and Blind.
"You cannot regret your decisions. You have seen also [other] players who need rest. You cannot give everybody a rest," Van Gaal said.
"We are still in business, I said to the players. They were very tired but we have won, so that's good."
Asked if Mata's goal could be decisive in the top-four battle, Van Gaal replied: "I hope so. That is what we are doing, we keep the pressure on our competitors.
"We want to play at the highest level. It is still very tough because now we have to play away against West Ham [on Tuesday]."
On Martial, the Dutchman said: "When a player says he feels something he shall not play.
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