Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Mai i te wā i eke ai ia ki roto i ngā tatau o Old Trafford, he tangata whai mahere a Louis van Gaal. Ko te wa tuatahi, i kii ia, ka kite ia i a ia e whakahoki ana i a Manchester United ki to raatau waahi tika i te Champions League. Ka whakahokia mai e ia ki te Premier League top four engari ko nga whaainga nui ake o nga taonga hiriwa me tatari. Ka whakaaetia e tana tirohanga e toru tau mo taua whakaaro engari, ko te mea tuatahi, me kai a United mai i te teepu o runga o te whutupaoro Pakeha. Kei te tata a Louis van Gaal ki te whakatutuki i tana whāinga tuatahi o te wa ki te whakahoki i a Man United ki te Champions League. I pakaru a Wayne Rooney i te wikitoria 3-1 a Manchester United ki Aston Villa i te Rahoroi. Ko te wikitoria a United ki a Aston Villa i mau ki a ratou i te tuatoru, e waru nga tohu i mua i te tuarima o Liverpool i te teepu. 12 Paenga-whāwhā Manchester City (H) Paenga-whāwhā 18 Chelsea (A) Paenga-whāwhā 26 Everton (A) Mei 2 West Bromwich Albion (H) Mei 9 Crystal Palace (A) Mei 17 Arsenal (H) Mei 24 Hull City (A) Kotahi te wa i waho o te Champions League he tawhiti atu i te tino pai, engari e rua nga wa ka tino kino, a he mea, i mohio ia, kaore e whakaaetia. I Whiringa-ā-rangi, ahakoa tērā, he pai te āhua. Ko te hinganga 1-0 ki a Manchester City te tikanga kua riro noa i a United nga tohu 13 mai i a raatau whakataetae 10 tuatahi - koinei te timatanga kino rawa atu o te whakataetae mai i te 1986, i te wa i roa a Ron Atkinson tae noa ki Noema. I whakaitihia hoki ratou i te Capital One Cup e te taha League One MK Dons. I te wā anō, he nui ake i te tohu o te mate, ka whakamahara a Van Gaal ki te katoa i muri i te hinganga o te derby he kaupapa roa tenei. 'Ehara i te mea pai,' ka mea ia. Engari i tētahi atu taha, kei roto mātou i tētahi tukanga, pērā i taku kī mai i te tīmatanga. Ka neke atu i te kotahi tau te tukanga, ka toru tau te roa". I te mea ohorere, te āhua nei kei te neke a Van Gaal i ngā pou. Hei utu mo te whakaoti i te wha tuatahi i tana wa tuatahi, kei te kii ia inaianei ka tika pea a United mo aua tuunga i te tau tuatoru? Kāore i pai te rongo. He roa te wā i patua ai e United...
E waru ngā piro o Man United i te tuarima o Liverpool. Ko te āhua nei ka tutuki i a Van Gaal tana kupu whakaari kia eke ki te whā o runga. Engari he tirohanga toru tau tā te Dutchman i whakatakoto. I te tau e whai ake nei ka kite a United i te wero tonu mo te taitara. Me eke hoki rātou ki ngā wāhanga o muri o te Champions League.