Posted on: 12:42 Sun, 22 May 2016



Finally, after all the
disappointments of the Louis van
Gaal era, the accusations of
blandness and the permanent
suspicion that a once-mighty club
have been dramatically
underachieving, Manchester United
have remembered what it is like to
win a trophy and the joys that
football can bring.

Van Gaal’s position might still be
under scrutiny but this was the
happiest day of his two years in
charge, courtesy of Jesse Lingard’s
2016 version of Lee Martin’s
famous goal from 26 years earlier.



Jesse Lingard stunner wins it to break
Palace hearts at Wembley

There will be no extra-time for
Louis van Gaal at Manchester
United but in the last 30 minutes of
his Old Trafford career the
Dutchman claimed the first major
trophy of the post-Sir Alex
Ferguson era in one of the FA Cup’s
most dramatic finals of recent
years.

It was Jesse Lingard, a substitute
who reacted the quickest to score
when the ball broke loose in the
penalty area with 110 minutes
played and Crystal Palace already
imagining what their first trophy in
110 years might look like in blue
and red ribbons.

Yet for all that United have lost
since Ferguson departed, they have
not quite given up that ability to
hunt down a victory even with just
ten men on the pitch.

Congrats to all Man UTD Fans all
over the World